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artificial intelligence

Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/

The English word “artificial intelligence” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The branch of computer science dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level intelligence, self-awareness, knowledge, conscience, and thought in computer programs.
  2. The essential quality of a machine which thinks in a manner similar to or on the same general level as a real human being.
  3. A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player; AI.
  4. A computer system or software package which is artificially intelligent.
  5. An intelligent, self-aware computer or computer program.
  6. Synonym of generative artificial intelligence.

Etymology

Coined by American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy in 1955, and popularized at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, 1956.

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