What Is Artificial Intelligence? - ExtremeTech

To many, AI is just a horrible Steven Spielberg movie. But what is artificial intelligence, exactly? The answer depends on who you ask. Broadly, artificial intelligence (AI) is the combination of computer science and robust datasets, deployed to solve some kind of problem. Many definitions of artificial intelligence include a comparison to the human mind or brain, whether in form or function. Alan Turing wrote in 1950 about "thinking machines" that could respond to a problem using human-like reasoning.