Key Concepts in Artificial Intelligence and Agent Design

Artificial Intelligence

The science and engineering of making intelligent machines.

Component NOT involved in Intelligence

Replication and inheritance.

Academic discipline modeling uncertainty

Probability/Statistics.

Goal of designing a rational agent

To act in a way that maximizes performance based on percepts.

PEAS analysis element for physical components

Actuators.

Environment with full access to agent's state

Fully Observable.

Stochastic environment definition

One that involves random elements or uncertainty.

Agent using condition-action rules with no memory

Simple Reflex Agent.

Limitation of thinking rationally in AI

Inability to represent uncertainty.

Turing's alternative to 'Can machines think?'

Can machines behave intelligently?

Asimov's Law Zero

A robot may not harm humanity or allow humanity to come to harm.

Agent architecture for evaluating trade-offs between goals

Utility-Based Agent.

Performance measure function

Evaluates the success of an agent's actions.

Role of the problem generator in a learning agent

Suggests exploratory actions.

Sensors

Which PEAS element includes cameras and GPS for a self-driving car?

Sequential Environment

What environment type requires planning ahead due to action dependencies?

Bounded Rationality

What does bounded rationality imply?

Turing Test

In the Turing Test, which of the following is tested?

Agent Function

What does the agent function do?

Fully Observable Environment

What type of environment do crossword puzzles typically belong to?

Learning Agent

What is a key trait of a learning agent?

Agent Architecture

Which of the following is NOT a part of the agent's architecture?

Critic in AI System

In an AI system, what is the critic responsible for?

Semi-Dynamic Environment

In which type of environment does the agent's performance score change over time without changes to the environment?

AI Code of Ethics

What does the AI Code of Ethics aim to promote?

Types of Agent Programs

Which of the following is NOT one of the four types of agent programs?

Autonomous Agent Decision Making

What does an autonomous agent rely on to make decisions?

Deterministic Environment

Which of the following best describes a deterministic environment?

Goal-Based Agent

What is a goal-based agent primarily focused on?

Simple Reflex Agent Failure

In what situation would a simple reflex agent fail?