The point is to understand." -- Albert Einstein Algorithms are mathematical instructions written by data scientists that tell the machine how to go about finding solutions to a problem. When a small selection of data (called training data) is run through an algorithm repeated, each time tweaked by a data scientist until its results are reliably accurate, the result is a model that the machine can use for additional learning by itself. Chatbot A Chatbot is a computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the Internet. It is an assistant that communicates with us through text messages or voice and integrates as a virtual companion into websites, applications, or instant messengers. It allows AI systems to reveal patterns, trends, and associations with confidence.

Artificial intelligence is a large and varied field with many sub-fields and lots of confusing terminology. But as artificial intelligence becomes more mainstream and begins to have more of a role in our day-to-day lives, it's going to become more important to have a general understanding of it. Here are some AI terminology basics you need to know. Artificial intelligence is actually a sub-field of computer science tasked with creating computers that can perform tasks usually relegated to humans. Computers can do many things that humans can't but there are many things that humans can do that computers can't, and AI is about changing that.