Foundations of AI
What foundations of ai means
Core AI concepts, agents, search and knowledge representation.
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Which of the following best defines Artificial Intelligence?
- Building faster computer hardware
- Creating systems that perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence
- Writing any computer program
- Storing large amounts of data
Working: AI is the field of building systems that can reason, learn, perceive and act — tasks that typically require human intelligence.
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Related skills
Other Artificial Intelligence skills in Computing, at the same point in the course.
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