Inspiration
This is a part of "Explore Artificial Intelligence" challenge in Major League Hacking's Hackathon "Local Hack Day: Build".
What it does
It gives a brief about what is AI, goals of AI and it's applications
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving. Ideal characteristic of AI is ability to rationalize and take actions that have the best chance of achieving a specific goal. Goals of Artificial Intelligence are: • To Create Expert Systems − The systems which exhibit intelligent behavior, learn, demonstrate, explain, and advice its users. • To Implement Human Intelligence in Machines − Creating systems that understand, think, learn, and behave like humans. Artificial intelligence is a science and technology based on disciplines such as Computer Science, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Mathematics, and Engineering. A major thrust of AI is in the development of computer functions associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning, and problem solving. Applications of AI are: • Gaming − AI plays crucial role in strategic games such as chess, poker, tic-tac-toe, etc., where machine can think of large number of possible positions based on heuristic knowledge. • Natural Language Processing − It is possible to interact with the computer that understands natural language spoken by humans. • Expert Systems − There are some applications which integrate machine, software, and special information to impart reasoning and advising. They provide explanation and advice to the users. • Vision Systems − These systems understand, interpret, and comprehend visual input on the computer. For example, o A spying airplane takes photographs, which are used to figure out spatial information or map of the areas. o Doctors use clinical expert system to diagnose the patient. o Police use computer software that can recognize the face of criminal with the stored portrait made by forensic artist. • Speech Recognition − Some intelligent systems are capable of hearing and comprehending the language in terms of sentences and their meanings while a human talks to it. It can handle different accents, slang words, noise in the background, change in human’s noise due to cold, etc. • Handwriting Recognition − The handwriting recognition software reads the text written on paper by a pen or on screen by a stylus. It can recognize the shapes of the letters and convert it into editable text. • Intelligent Robots − Robots are able to perform the tasks given by a human. They have sensors to detect physical data from the real world such as light, heat, temperature, movement, sound, bump, and pressure. They have efficient processors, multiple sensors and huge memory, to exhibit intelligence. In addition, they are capable of learning from their mistakes and they can adapt to the new environment.