Artifical Intelligence Versus Aided Intelligence:The Work Involved In Making It Work

Artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, machine learning, data mining, natural language processing: The terminology surrounding the efforts to enhance how businesses access, sort and analyze the vast quantities of content being created every day is almost as vast as the content itself -- and no less confusing. The words are often used interchangeably, and while some have clear definitions, others do not. Claims that artificial intelligence (AI) will transform health care, law and "business" as a whole are rampant, but with the term left undefined, it is difficult to sort what is blue sky and what is real opportunity. With everything from smart homes to self-driving cars to chatbots being labeled as artificial intelligence, the conversation should really start with a clear working definition of what AI is and what it's not. Artificial intelligence, in the broadest sense, is the act of a machine solving a problem similar to the way a human would.