artificial intelligence

noun

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

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Definition of artificial intelligence

1 : a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers

2 : the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior

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Examples of artificial intelligence in a Sentence

a robot with artificial intelligence

Recent Examples of artificial intelligence from the Web

The Thread The mix-up highlights the challenges of using artificial intelligence and human review to crack down on hate speech on the vast social network.

— alyssa newcomb /, NBC News, "Facebook reinstates Declaration of Independence post after mistakenly flagging it as hate speech," 5 July 2018
By taking Dell private, the company was able to weather the downturn in the PC industry and expand into other growing IT sectors including artificial intelligence and Internet of Things devices.

— mike snider, USA TODAY, "Dell set to become a public company with tracking stock buyout," 2 July 2018
At the Phoenix site, Milestone plans to establish an artificial intelligence and automation center.

— russ wiles, azcentral, "California tech-services firm announces 100 jobs in Phoenix expansion," 28 June 2018
Now the country wants to lead the world in big data, artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge pursuits.

— The Economist, "One of China’s poorest provinces wants to be a tech hub," 31 May 2018
Companies now routinely use artificial intelligence to decide which clothes to stock and what to recommend to customers.

— tory newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Voters already fear economic pain from Trump's trade war," 9 July 2018
Using artificial intelligence, Watson Analytics looks at an employee’s experiences and projects to infer the potential skills and qualities each person might have to serve IBM in the future.

— rebecca greenfield, latimes.com, "Your raise is now based on next year's performance," 9 July 2018
In early 2017, Pinterest introduced its Lens feature, which uses artificial intelligence to identify objects and bring up images of similar or related items.

— kevin kelleher, Fortune, "Snap and Amazon Are Reportedly Working on a Visual Search Feature for Snapchat," 9 July 2018
The technology, which uses artificial intelligence to interpret radio wave data, grows out of earlier work by the same group.

— kate baggaley /, NBC News, "Smart technology sees through walls to track and identify people," 8 July 2018

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First Known Use of artificial intelligence

1955

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Defined for English Language Learners

artificial intelligence

noun

Definition of artificial intelligence for English Language Learners

: an area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence
: the power of a machine to copy intelligent human behavior