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artificial intelligence

UK/ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/US/ˌɑɹ.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/
phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

Artificial intelligence is computer systems that can learn, reason and answer. Artificial intelligence research, powered by artificial intelligence, the risks of artificial intelligence.

The name was coined in 1955 for a summer workshop and was chosen partly to mark the field off from cybernetics. What counts as artificial intelligence keeps moving, since anything that works reliably stops being called it and gets its own name.

Definitions of artificial intelligence

  1. 1phraseartificial intelligenceComputer systems that can learn, reason, and answer like a mind.B2

    “The hospital uses artificial intelligence to spot early signs of cancer in X-rays.”

artificial intelligence is a technology.

Also accepted in games: ai

Where it comes from

Coined by John McCarthy in 1955 for a research workshop held at Dartmouth the following summer.

coined by Q92739 in 1955, and popularized at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, 1956.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Technology & Internet

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