AI Glossary term

Artificial Intelligence

The broad field of getting machines to do things we'd call intelligent - recognising, predicting, reasoning, generating.

Also called: AI

The broad field of getting machines to do things we'd call intelligent - recognising, predicting, reasoning, generating.

Why it mattersIt's an umbrella, not a product. Ask what's underneath when someone says a tool is "AI-powered".

See also Machine Learning, Generative AI

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