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What is AI?

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Picture this a machine that could organize your cupboard just as you like it, or serve

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every member of the house a customized cup of coffee makes your day easier, doesn't

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it?

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These are the products of artificial intelligence.

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But why use the term artificial intelligence?

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While these machines are artificially incorporated with human-like intelligence to perform tasks,

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as we do, this intelligence is built using complex algorithms and mathematical functions.

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But AI may not be as obvious as in the previous examples.

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In fact, AI is used in smartphones, cars, social media feeds, video games, banking, surveillance,

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and many other aspects of our daily life.

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The real question is what does an AI do at its core?

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Here is a robot we built in our lab which is now dropped onto a field in spite of a variation

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in lighting, landscape, and dimensions of the field.

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The AI robot must perform as expected.

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This ability to react appropriately to a new situation is called generalized learning.

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The robot is now at a crossroad, one that is paved and the other rocky.

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The robot must determine which path to take.

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Based on the circumstances, this portrays the robot's reasoning ability.

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After a short stroll, the robot now encounters a stream that it cannot swim across, using

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the plank provided as an input.

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The robot is able to cross this stream, so our robot uses the given input and finds the

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solution for a problem.

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This is problem solving.

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These three capabilities make the robot artificially intelligent.

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In short, AI provides machines with the capability to adapt, reason, and provide solutions.