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What Is Artificial Intelligence?

Alyssa Schroer
UPDATED BY
Andreas Rekdal | May. 19, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with


building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human
intelligence. While AI is an interdisciplinary science with multiple approaches, advancements
in machine learning and deep learning, in particular, are creating a paradigm shift in virtually
every sector of the tech industry.

Artificial intelligence allows machines to model, or even improve upon, the capabilities of the
human mind. And from the development of self-driving cars to the proliferation of generative
AI tools like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, AI is increasingly becoming part of everyday life
— and an area companies across every industry are investing in.

Understanding AI
Broadly speaking, artificially intelligent systems can perform tasks commonly associated
with human cognitive functions — such as interpreting speech, playing games and
identifying patterns. They typically learn how to do so by processing massive amounts of
data, looking for patterns to model in their own decision-making. In many cases, humans
will supervise an AI’s learning process, reinforcing good decisions and discouraging bad
ones. But some AI systems are designed to learn without supervision — for instance, by
playing a video game over and over until they eventually figure out the rules and how to win.

Strong AI Vs. Weak AI


Intelligence is tricky to define, which is why AI experts typically distinguish between strong
AI and weak AI.

Strong AI
Strong AI, also known as artificial general intelligence, is a machine that can solve problems
it’s never been trained to work on — much like a human can. This is the kind of AI we see
in movies, like the robots from Westworld or the character Data from Star Trek: The Next
Generation. This type of AI doesn’t actually exist yet.

The creation of a machine with human-level intelligence that can be applied to any task is
the Holy Grail for many AI researchers, but the quest for artificial general intelligence has
been fraught with difficulty. And some believe strong AI research should be limited, due to
the potential risks of creating a powerful AI without appropriate guardrails.

In contrast to weak AI, strong AI represents a machine with a full set of cognitive abilities —
and an equally wide array of use cases — but time hasn't eased the difficulty of achieving
such a feat.
Weak AI
Weak AI, sometimes referred to as narrow AI or specialized AI, operates within a limited
context and is a simulation of human intelligence applied to a narrowly defined problem (like
driving a car, transcribing human speech or curating content on a website).

Weak AI is often focused on performing a single task extremely well. While these machines
may seem intelligent, they operate under far more constraints and limitations than even the
most basic human intelligence.

Weak AI examples include:

• Siri, Alexa and other smart assistants


• Self-driving cars
• Google search
• Conversational bots
• Email spam filters
• Netflix’s recommendations

Referencias.
▪ Schroer, A. (2023). What is Artificial Intelligence. https://builtin.com/artificial-
intelligence

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