Article contentIrina Rish, now a renowned expert in the field of artificial intelligence, first became drawn to the topic as a teenager in the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan. At 14, she was fascinated by the notion that machines might have their own thought processes."I "I didn't know the word yet (algorithm) but that's essentially what it was. How do you solve tough problems?"She But the other interesting part of that is that you hope that by doing so, you can also better understand the human mind and hopefully achieve better human intelligence.

Irina Rish, now a renowned expert in the field of artificial intelligence, first became drawn to the topic as a teenager in the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan. At 14, she was fascinated by the notion that machines might have their own thought processes. "I was interested in math in school and I was looking at how you improve problem solving and how you come up with algorithms," Rish said in a phone interview Friday afternoon. "I didn't know the word yet (algorithm) but that's essentially what it was. How do you solve tough problems?"