What is artificial intelligence?

Based on those inputs, among others, the "intelligent" computer system controls the car by deciding, like a human would, when to turn the steering and when to accelerate or brake. "We now have the compute power, the data, the algorithms and a lot of people working on the problems," Professor Walsh said. "Many of the problems that are stressing our planet today will be tackled through having better decision making with computers" that access and analyse vast troves of data, he said. The recent push into AI came from big US tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple.