The Value of AI

Everyone uses the term artificial intelligence (AI) generically, and they mix it up with ML, AR, VR, and MR. The definitions have changed over time, and everyone seems to inherently assume that they know what they're talking about when they say AI. From my perspective, it's essentially the ability of machines to perform those targeted functions that you normally associate with a human mind. These are things that humans do naturally, like reasoning, learning, and interacting with the environment. Anything that falls in that realm right now is AI. If you asked me that 20 years ago, AI would just be anything that is human-like that has to do with software.