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).
Artificial Intelligence: machines that mimic minds
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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