Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of making machines simulate human intelligence — like learning, reasoning, and decision-making.
The term was coined in the 1950s, when scientists began imagining computers that could “think.” Today, AI is everywhere: in voice assistants, recommendation systems, search engines, self-driving cars, and even medical diagnostics. It ranges from narrow AI (very good at one task, like detecting spam) to general AI (still theoretical — would think and learn like a human).
AI systems are often powered by machine learning, where the machine improves over time by learning from data. Inside that, we find neural networks, deep learning, and LLMs — all parts of the modern AI ecosystem.
AI is powerful, but it also raises big questions: Who’s in control? Can it be fair? What happens when it makes mistakes? The technology is fast-moving, and the ethics are evolving just as quickly.
Check out this intro to AI from MIT
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