Using AI in eLearning: Foundational Concepts

AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is cropping up more and more in eLearning conversations--who's using it and how, and what it means for the future of corporate digital learning. As Learning Solutions prepares to explore AI from many angles, an overview of foundational aspects of AI might come in handy. Here, we'll introduce concepts and trends that are likely to appear in any deep discussion of using AI in eLearning. Artificial intelligence refers broadly to technologies that can learn and perform specific tasks. More complex tasks entail machine learning, a next-level technology that takes an AI machine or technology and teaches it to make "decisions" based on algorithms, learn from those decisions, and refine its own performance.