Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the human-like intelligence that a machine, such as a computer or a robot, exhibits. According to IBM (2020), AI refers to a machine's ability to mimic or perform the capabilities or functions of a human including, but not limited to, making decisions, solving problems, recognizing people and objects, understanding, processing, and responding to language, and learning from prior experiences or examples. At its core, AI collects, processes, and learns from data and applies it to perform automated tasks and decision-making optimally and efficiently. Common examples of AI used in everyday tasks include speech recognition, image recognition, real-time recommendations, virus and spam prevention, automated stock trading, ride-share services, autopilot technology, and natural language processing (i.e., the AI behind chatbots and digital assistants like Alexa and Siri). Overall, AI is ubiquitous in today's society, silently collecting data and optimizing tasks and decision-making as computers are trained to mimic how humans act, sense, and think.