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Def:  Endeavor of building intelligent artifacts or systems.

Birthdate: John McCarthy coined “AI” in a workshop in 1956

Early AI Successes:

1. “The Logic Theorist” 1st AI Program, proved 38 of first 52 theorems in Principa Mathematica
2. Commonsence intelligence, i.e. driving to the airport
3. Samuel’s Checkers – refuted the notion that computers can’t learn
4. Eliza

Turing Test – Are you talking to a computer or a human?  How do you know?

Current AI Approaches(2):

1. Turing Test – mimic human brain
2. Act Rationally – focus on computer’s results rather than the “how”

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