Cognitive AI is a Computer Program That Can Think and Learn - Fact or Myth?

Cognitive Artificial Intelligence (AI) is any computer program that can think, learn, and generally mimic human cognition. Cognitive computing is the process of understanding and building cognitive computer systems, including AI. Cognitive computing uses machine learning (algorithms that allow machines to learn from past experience by detecting patterns), rather than explicitly programmed algorithms (algorithms with a pre-defined and pre-programed sets of rules). The ultimate goal of cognitive computing is to build fully cognitive Artificial Intelligence. The concept of "smart machines" goes back to early science fiction, Alan Turing's theoretical machines and work on early AI, and the emergence of the term cognitive computing in the 50's. Despite the rich history, current cognitive AI is best understood by simply look at recent projects like Google's DeepMind and IBM's Watson two, similar but different, ways modern tech is going about creating machines that can think like humans.