ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the discipline concerned with using computers to solve problems that require intelligence, similar to what most humans exhibit, rather than mere computation. Intelligence is a term that’s difficult to precisely define, and the border between computation and intelligence is subjective and difficult to delineate. While there is room for substantial debate about what is and is not included in artificial intelligence, there is general consensus that numerous tasks can be accomplished by a human using a computer, such as writing a book, that at present computers are unable to effectively accomplish on their own. Attempts to move toward autonomous solutions to those tasks and problems fall into the field of AI.

AI has a long and fascinating history of cyclical periods of breakthrough success leading to high expectations, followed by extended periods of disappointment at the failure of the breakthrough techniques...