Artificial Intelligence - AI Summary

As the tech industry hype cycle continues to churn my in-box every day, I find myself reflecting on the meme du jour of "artificial intelligence." My initial reaction to over-hyped terms is to resist giving them more credence than they may deserve. The seminal meeting attracted a small group of scientists met to discuss new ideas and the term "artificial intelligence" was first coined by American academic John McCarthy. A few years back my alma mater UCLA was designing a new graduate program to accommodate the accelerating interest in what people were calling data science. For a detailed history of the field of AI, please check out the compelling general audience title "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans," by Melanie Mitchell, CS professor at Portland State.