What Is AI?

As AI becomes advanced there is a great advantage of being a generalist as opposed to being a specialist.

A Dance Between Human and Machine

Getting to know artificial intelligence (AI) is like going on a thrilling journey—one that checks out what AI can do with ease, what still gets it tangled up, and how these abilities stack up against our own incredible human skills. Imagine it as a winding path of evolution, along which we’ll follow AI’s transformation up to today. This journey will set us up for the deep talks in the chapters to come.

At its heart, AI is an idea dreamed up by a forward-thinking pioneer, John McCarthy. He pictured it as the art and science of making smart machines, especially clever computer programs. It’s all ...

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