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What is AI?
History
• Begins with Alan Turning, who created
the Turning Test, i.e., a test for
intelligence in a computer, requiring that
a human being should be unable to
distinguish the machine from another
human being by using the replies to
questions put to both.
• The rest of AI seeks to satisfy this test
• The remaining goals are still in their
Source: The Quest for Artificial Intelligence, Nils
nascent stages
J Nilsson, 2010 and MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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