Learn How Machines Learn – Brennan D Baraban – Medium

The idea of artificial intelligence is relatively familiar to many, but popular representations are actually misleading. In practice, there exist two different types of A.I. -- strong and narrow. Strong artificial intelligence mimics the human brain. The term is strictly a theory-- there has never been a real implementation of strong A.I.; nevertheless, strong A.I. is perhaps most commonly familiar due to popular entertainment. Master Chief's partner Cortana from the Halo video game series is one such representation -- a virtual, intelligent software with full ranges of human logicality, emotions, and self-consciousness.