INTRODUCTION TO AI:
THE WORDS “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” WERE FIRST USED IN 1956 BY JOHN
MCCARTHY AT A WORKSHOP IN DARTMOUTH COLLEGE TO FORMALLY
INITIATE THE RESEARCH IN AI AS A SUBJECT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
CAN BE DESCRIBED AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS THAT
CAN PERFORM TASKS THAT TYPICALLY REQUIRE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
SUCH AS LEARNING, PROBLEM-SOLVING, REASONING, AND PERCEPTION.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO SIMULATE
HUMAN THOUGHT PATTERNS, ENABLING THEM TO MAKE CHOICES, SOLVE
COMPLEX PROBLEMS, AND LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE.
TYPES OF AI:
1- NARROW OR WEAK AI: CREATED TO EXECUTE A LIMITED TASK, E.G.,
IMAGE RECOGNITION, LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, OR CHESS
PLAYING. NARROW AI SYSTEMS ARE TRAINED ON A PARTICULAR
DATASET AND CANNOT GENERALIZE TO OTHER TASKS.
2- GENERAL OR STRONG AI: IS INTENDED TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY
INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY THAT A HUMAN BEING CAN DO, WITH
THE CAPABILITY TO LEARN, REASON, AND USE KNOWLEDGE.
GENERAL AI SYSTEMS ARE STILL SCIENCE FICTION, BUT SCIENTISTS
ARE ATTEMPTING TO CREATE MORE SOPHISTICATED AI SYSTEMS.