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Definition: AI
(1) For Adobe's vector graphics application, see Adobe Illustrator.
(2) For Apple's AI, see Apple Intelligence.
(3) (Artificial Intelligence) Devices and applications that exhibit human intelligence and behavior. AI includes android-like robots, self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, software programming and the generation of text, images and videos from a simple request (the prompt). Not to mention, AI can answer most every question on earth with high degrees of validity (see chatbot).
The Entire Field or One Application
The term AI may refer to the entire field of artificial intelligence or to one specific application of AI. Often, the term AI means a complete system; for example, "there is an AI to handle this." See AI agent and AI use cases.
Past and Present Buzzword
Although AI is the hottest topic on the planet today, the AI acid test was actually defined in the 1940s by English scientist, Alan Turing, who said, "a machine has artificial intelligence when there is no discernible difference between the conversation generated by the machine and that of an intelligent person" (see Turing test). Ever since, there have been formal meetings to discuss the subject (see AI conferences), and an ongoing competition for the best chatbot began in 1991 (see Loebner Prize).
Will AI Eliminate Jobs?
Increasingly, people are concerned that AI will eliminate too many jobs within the next five years. This is not an unfounded worry because a white-collar bloodbath has been predicted by many experts in the field. It is estimated that 80% of all service workers may not be needed in the future. See AI anxiety.
An Ironic Twist in Terminology
In the tech world "intelligence" simply means processing capability. Therefore your microwave oven is intelligent, but the AI that creates an original video from your description is only "artificially" intelligent. See intelligence, AI in a nutshell and AI glossary.
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(2) For Apple's AI, see Apple Intelligence.
(3) (Artificial Intelligence) Devices and applications that exhibit human intelligence and behavior. AI includes android-like robots, self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, software programming and the generation of text, images and videos from a simple request (the prompt). Not to mention, AI can answer most every question on earth with high degrees of validity (see chatbot).
The Entire Field or One Application
The term AI may refer to the entire field of artificial intelligence or to one specific application of AI. Often, the term AI means a complete system; for example, "there is an AI to handle this." See AI agent and AI use cases.
Past and Present Buzzword
Although AI is the hottest topic on the planet today, the AI acid test was actually defined in the 1940s by English scientist, Alan Turing, who said, "a machine has artificial intelligence when there is no discernible difference between the conversation generated by the machine and that of an intelligent person" (see Turing test). Ever since, there have been formal meetings to discuss the subject (see AI conferences), and an ongoing competition for the best chatbot began in 1991 (see Loebner Prize).
Will AI Eliminate Jobs?
Increasingly, people are concerned that AI will eliminate too many jobs within the next five years. This is not an unfounded worry because a white-collar bloodbath has been predicted by many experts in the field. It is estimated that 80% of all service workers may not be needed in the future. See AI anxiety.
An Ironic Twist in Terminology
In the tech world "intelligence" simply means processing capability. Therefore your microwave oven is intelligent, but the AI that creates an original video from your description is only "artificially" intelligent. See intelligence, AI in a nutshell and AI glossary.
That's the question Farhad Mesbahi asks in his very provocative 2026 book. There is reason to believe AI can lead to a utopian society, and at the same time, it could bring about the collapse of civilization. Time will tell. See AI utopia.
You will find plenty in Stanford University's AI Index. The 425-page 2026 AI Index covers AI in exhaustive detail. See Stanford HAI.
Video game enthusiasm in the 1990s caused AI to flourish in the 2020s. Because gamers constantly demanded more speed to make their 3D games more realistic, NVIDIA kept making faster graphics processing units (GPUs) that later became the major hardware for AI processing. See GPU.