Intro to AI (Vocabulary)

Intelligence

The ability solve problems, adapt to new situations, devise strategies, and overall doing what feels to be the right thing.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The study of intelligent systems and how to synthesize biological intelligence through machine programming.

Turing Test

A Theoretical Test proposed by Alan Turing that determines a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behaviors. If a human cannot distinguish the responses as made by a computer, then it passes the test.

Chinese Room Experiment

A Theoretical argument made by John Searle against the Turing Test. It refutes the idea that machines have a mind that thinks and understands like a human, instead suggesting that algorithms simulate human intelligence, which is not true intelligence. The Man inside the Chinese room knows how to transcribe Chinese characters, but does not understand the language.

Heuristics

Strategies that guide the algorithm to the closest possible answer without brute force.

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) (Strong AI)

An AI Algorithm that is smart and flexible enough to solve any goal.

Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) (Weak AI)

AI that is only built for specific tasks. It is the most widely used.

Artificial Super Intelligence

AI capable of accomplishing tasks exponentially faster than humans.