artificial intelligence

noun

Updated on: 22 May 2018

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

Tencent’s investment priorities include growing its gaming and music businesses, expanding the use of its WeChat messaging platform and payments service, and growing in artificial intelligence, said people familiar with the company.

— julie steinberg, WSJ, "How China’s Tencent Uses Deals to Crowd Out Tech Rivals," 15 May 2018
Drawing on Microsoft's pioneering work in artificial intelligence, Skype can now translate calls into 12 languages.

— dina bass and nate lanxon, latimes.com, "Don't Skype me: How Microsoft turned users against its beloved video-chat program," 11 May 2018
Pichai said there are ‘‘very real and important questions being raised about the impact’’ of advances in artificial intelligence.

— wendy lee, San Antonio Express-News, "Google has responsibility to consumers, CEO says," 9 May 2018
Last year’s keynote was more focused on developments in artificial intelligence.

— washington post, BostonGlobe.com, "At Google, ‘responsibility’ upstages new technology," 8 May 2018
To that end, recent reports have suggested the White House is exploring policy options to restrict U.S. firms from partnering with China on research in artificial intelligence.

— tony romm, chicagotribune.com, "White House will host Amazon, Facebook, Ford and other major companies for summit on AI," 8 May 2018
The series could have mined a rich vein of concerns about putting too much faith in artificial intelligence.

— samantha nelson, The Verge, "What Syfy’s Superman prequel series Krypton is doing right," 12 Apr. 2018
If consumers fret about what smartphone apps may do with their data, fewer new offerings will take off—especially in artificial intelligence.

— The Economist, "America should borrow from Europe’s data-privacy law," 5 Apr. 2018
And if all companies invest in artificial intelligence at a rate similar to that of top-performing businesses, such as those in the S&P 500, companies could boost their revenues by 38 percent.

— lolade fadulu, The Atlantic, "Employers Are Setting Workers Up for Failure," 1 Feb. 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

: 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