What is Artificial General Intelligence? – Towards Data Science

Artificial Intelligence is a branch of Computer Science ( or Science) which deals with the creation of intelligent systems. Intelligent systems are those systems which posses intelligence just like humans. The science of Artificial intelligence is not new, The term Artificial intelligence has been mentioned in manuscripts of Ancient Greece and Egypt. Greeks believed in god Hephaestus, also known as God of Blacksmiths, according to a Greek mythology Hephaestus made intelligent weapons for all Gods, in their view, the goal of Artificial intelligence is to: be helpful for people to achieve a certain goal, be able to operate automatically and be programmed in advance to react in different ways depending on the situation. Well, The term Artificial Intelligence has become popular in the field of Entertainment, we can see lots of movies based on the concept of Super intelligence.