Artificial Intelligence: What is it and why should we care?

Artificial intelligence (AI) can seem like an elusive concept, but it’s actually not that hard to understand.

It’s the brainpower of your computer, mobile, & other devices that lets them do seemingly intelligent things & respond to you when you swipe your finger across the screen.

The terms artificial intelligence and machine learning are often used interchangeably, but they aren’t quite interchangeable.

AI refers to general-purpose computer systems that can solve problems without being explicitly programmed—they figure out how to accomplish tasks on their own.

These systems require large amounts of data, so they work best when solving problems within a specific domain.

There are several uses for AI in medicine. Machine learning technology can be used to automatically extract medical information from images, text, or sound for use by clinicians.

Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society, quietly improving a variety of products that we use every day.

Artificial intelligence can assist law enforcement in tasks such as data mining, face recognition, pattern analysis & other activities.