What is Intelligence?
A very popular YouTube video of a 5 year old girl
speaking about KCR and his cabinet on stage
Solving the water jug problem on the next slide
Solving the missionaries and cannibals problem
Sakuntala Devi multiplying in a flash
Following Maryada Ramanna and getting in trouble
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,Example: Measuring problem!
9l
3l 5l
Problem: Using these three buckets, measure 7
liters of water.
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,Missionaries and Cannibals:
Initial State and Actions
Initial state: Goal state :
– all missionaries, all – all missionaries, all
cannibals, and the cannibals are on the
boat are on the left Right bank
bank Conditions
– Boat can carry at most 2
– Missionaries are in
danger if cannibals
outnumber them
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, What is artificial intelligence?
• There is no clear consensus on the definition of AI
• Here’s one from John McCarthy, (He coined the phrase AI in
1956) - see http://www-formal.Stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai.html)
Q. What is artificial intelligence?
A. It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines,
especially intelligent computer programs. It is related to the
similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence,
but AI does not have to confine itself to methods that are
biologically observable.
Q. Yes, but what is intelligence?
A. Intelligence is the computational part of the ability to achieve
goals in the world. Varying kinds and degrees of intelligence
occur in people, many animals and some machines.
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A very popular YouTube video of a 5 year old girl
speaking about KCR and his cabinet on stage
Solving the water jug problem on the next slide
Solving the missionaries and cannibals problem
Sakuntala Devi multiplying in a flash
Following Maryada Ramanna and getting in trouble
1
,Example: Measuring problem!
9l
3l 5l
Problem: Using these three buckets, measure 7
liters of water.
2
,Missionaries and Cannibals:
Initial State and Actions
Initial state: Goal state :
– all missionaries, all – all missionaries, all
cannibals, and the cannibals are on the
boat are on the left Right bank
bank Conditions
– Boat can carry at most 2
– Missionaries are in
danger if cannibals
outnumber them
3
, What is artificial intelligence?
• There is no clear consensus on the definition of AI
• Here’s one from John McCarthy, (He coined the phrase AI in
1956) - see http://www-formal.Stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai.html)
Q. What is artificial intelligence?
A. It is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines,
especially intelligent computer programs. It is related to the
similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence,
but AI does not have to confine itself to methods that are
biologically observable.
Q. Yes, but what is intelligence?
A. Intelligence is the computational part of the ability to achieve
goals in the world. Varying kinds and degrees of intelligence
occur in people, many animals and some machines.
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