A Simple, yet Technical Glossary of Terminology in AI

Agent: A bot used in AI-related tasks. Algorithm: Process that follows a set of rules, a problem solver -- especially used by computers. AlphaGo: Computer program that plays the board game Go. Recognized as the first computer Go program to beat a professional human Go player [5]. Artificial Intelligence (AI): Science and engineering of making computers behave in ways that, until recently, we thought required human intelligence [1].