What Is Artificial Intelligence

Computer scientists usually define AI in terms of what it can accomplish. They are especially interested in the creation of intelligent software that can reproduce the kind of behavior that humans would recognize as intelligent, such as understanding language or conducting a conversation. [Pg.2]

Experimental scientists tend not to be interested in robotic samplers, even those with attitude instead they want software that will solve problems. For them, AI tools may be of considerable value as problem solvers. In this book, we explore such uses. [Pg.2]

For most scientific purposes, a reasonable working definition of AI is A computer program that can learn. [Pg.2]

Progressive improvements in the attempts by a genetic algorithm to find a curve that fits a set of data points well (lines 1 to 3). The solid line is fitted using standard least squares. [Pg.3]

The figure shows a polynomial fit to a dataset calculated according to a standard least squares algorithm (solid line) this is compared with a series of attempts to find a fit to the same data using a genetic algorithm. [Pg.3]

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