# artificial intelligence

Pronunciation: US say "ar-tuh-FISH-uhl in-TEL-uh-juhns" /ˌɑɹ.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/; say "ah-tuh-FISH-uhl in-TEL-uh-juhns" UK /ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/, AUS /ˌɐː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtel.ə.d͡ʒəns/

## Noun

1. Intelligence displayed by an entity that humans have made, rather than by one that arises in nature.
   - Simple: The power to think and learn, shown by something made by people instead of by nature.
   - _The chess engine displayed a level of artificial intelligence that unsettled even seasoned grandmasters._
   - _Even a thermostat that learns its owners' schedule exhibits a modest form of artificial intelligence._
2. The branch of computer science that seeks to reproduce or imitate human-level intelligence, self-awareness, knowledge, conscience, and thought in computer programs.
   - Simple: The area of computer science that tries to make computer programs think and understand like people.
   - _She left her physics program to do graduate research in artificial intelligence._
   - _The university is hiring three professors of artificial intelligence this year._
3. A computer system or software package that is artificially intelligent, able to act in ways that show intelligence.
   - Simple: A computer system or program that is smart in a way people have built into it.
   - _The bank uses an artificial intelligence to flag unusual payments within seconds._
   - _Several competing artificial intelligences were tested on the same set of medical scans._
4. Generative artificial intelligence in particular, the kind of system that produces new content such as images or text. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: Used to mean only the kind of AI that makes new pictures, writing, or other content.
   - _The band apologized after fans noticed the album cover had been made with artificial intelligence._
   - _Teachers worry that students will hand in essays written by artificial intelligence._
5. A computer or computer program that is intelligent and aware of itself, chiefly in science fiction.
   - Simple: A computer or program that can think and knows that it exists, mostly in stories.
   - _In the novel, a rogue artificial intelligence seizes control of the planet's defense network._
   - _The crew begin to suspect that the station's artificial intelligence has been lying to them._
6. A character or other entity in a video game that the game controls instead of a player.
   - Simple: In a video game, a character that the game moves and controls, not a player.
   - _If too few people join the match, the artificial intelligence takes over the empty slots._
   - _On the hardest setting, the artificial intelligence flanks you and hides behind cover._

## Origin

Coined by the American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy in 1955, and made popular by the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence in 1956.

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