===== Artificial Intelligence (AI) =====
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**[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence|Artificial Intelligence (AI)]]** is any intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals. In computer science, AI research is defined as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.((
Poole, Mackworth & Goebel (1998) 
which provides the version that is used in this article. These authors use the term "computational intelligence" as a synonym for artificial intelligence.
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#CITEREFPooleMackworthGoebel1998]]
)) Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is applied when a machine mimics "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as "learning" and "problem solving".((
 Russell & Norvig 2009, p. 2.
))

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