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From: wood@jfred.siemens.edu (Jim Wood)
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Subject: Re: What actually is AI?
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Date: 30 Aug 90 12:25:58 GMT
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After being in the field for seven years, this is MY informal
definition of Artificial Intelligence:

    Artificial Intelligence is a computer science and engineering
    discipline which attempts to model human reasoning methods
    computationally.

The key, I think, to programmers is modeling the human reasoning
process.  It's also the hard part!  An algorithm is not a human
reasoning process in the sense that it lacks utilizing the thinking,
intuitive, or subjective aspect of human reasoning.  There's no
variability based on experience or analogy in algorithms.

Any takers?

Jim
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