Ask HN: What is your definition of Artificial Intelligence

Posted by sundeep on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @11:35PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'd be very interested in what your personal definitions for AI are ..

To me , intelligence is coming up with your own algorithm for solving a previously unseen problem.

Therefore,my (admittedly naive) definition of AI is : Software that behaves satisfactorily under (previously) unseen conditions ..

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Re:Ask HN: What is your definition of Artificial Intelligence by psyklic on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @01:34AM (#400638)

I agree with Minsky -- "anything computers can't do yet" ;-)

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Re:Ask HN: What is your definition of Artificial Intelligence by lacker on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @09:43PM (#401717)

I know it when I see it.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your definition of Artificial Intelligence by ram1024 on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @06:18AM (#400779)

bare essentials:

uses memory to create hypothesis about situations

experiments using hypothesis

augments memory with results

loop

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