What is Artificial Intelligence? Basic Questions
John McCarthy
| Running time | 17'41 |
| Computer science content | medium |
| Math content | low |
| English language complexity | medium |
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Learning objectives
- to understand what exactly is meant by the term artificial intelligence (AI)
- to be aware of the current situation in AI systems and the possibilities for future development
- to understand general AI theories
Keywords
- confine
- to define boundaries; to limit the extent (of an activity)
- computational
- adj.1. involving computers, 2. that can be computed
- heuristic hypothesis (hipoteza heurystyczna)
- a hypothesis that has a very high probability of being true on the basis of reasoning and past experience
- cognitive sciences (kognitywistyka)
- the scientific study of mind or intelligence based on relevant fields, including psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, computer science, and biology
- incoherent
- confused and inconsistent; illogical
- computational complexity (złożoność obliczeniowa)
- an area of computer design dealing with the problems of algorithms and their ability to solve a given problem
- correlate
- to have a close similarity, connection or causal relationship with
Summary
This text, in the form of an interview, is written by Prof. John McCarthy of Stanford University, who is an authority in the field of AI and was the first to use this term. It covers the main ideas of AI and its differences from human intelligence as well as describing AI in the context of biology, psychology and even philosophy. In the interview Professor McCarthy answers basic questions about artificial intelligence.
Ciekawy tekst opisujący podstawowe i bardzo ogólne zagadnienia z problemu sztucznej inteligencji. Jego niewątpliwym walorem jest fakt, iż pomimo ogólnej treści dotyka on dziedzin takich jak: psychologia, nauki kognitywne czy złożoność oblicze- niowa. Można w nim znaleźć pytania, które mógłby zadać całkowity laik i zadowolić się ich odpowiedzią, jednocześnie interesując i informatyków. Dodatkowo, ponieważ tekst jest tak ogólny, może zachęcić studentów do poszukiwania bardziej zaawanso- wanych tekstów na temat AI. Tekst jest napisany w formie FAQ, i może służyć jako przybliżenie tej formy pisanego tekstu.
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