Intro to AI Quiz 1

Narrow AI

AI that is specialized in one task (ex: Siri, spam filters, chess programs)

General AI

Hypothetical AI that can perform any intellectual task a human can do (not yet achieved)

Machine Learning (ML)

A branch of AI where machines learn patterns from data instead of being programmed with every rule.

Natural Language Processing

AI that enables machines to understand and generate human language (ex: chatbots, translation apps).

Computer Vision

AI that enables machines to interpret and understand images (ex: face recognition)

1950s

Early research begins (Turing, McCarthy)

Alan Turing

Called the "father of computer science"; proposed the idea that machines could simulate human reasoning; created the Turing Test

Turing Test

Can a machine's behavior be indistinguishable from a human's?

John McCarthy

Coined the term Artificial Intelligence in 1956; organized the Dartmouth Conference, which marked the official beginning of AI research.

Artificial Intelligence

The simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think, reason, and learn.

1997

IBM’s Deep Blue defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov.

2011

IBM’s Watson defeats human champions on Jeopardy!.

2016

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeats the Go champion.

Privacy

How data is collected and used.

Bias

AI can reflect unfair biases in its training data.

Accountability

Who is responsible when AI makes a mistake?

Jobs

Automation may replace certain types of work.

Applications of AI Today

Voice assistants (Siri, Alexa)
Recommendation systems (Netflix, Spotify, YouTube)
Self-driving cars
Spam filters in email
Medical diagnosis support