Artificial Intelligence Definitions - tech9tel/ai GitHub Wiki

📘 Official Definitions of Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been defined in various ways by respected institutions and researchers.

Here are some of the most widely recognized definitions:

🤖 John McCarthy, 1956 (often referred to as the "Father of AI")

Artificial Intelligence is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs.

📗 Oxford Dictionary

“The theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation.”

📘 Merriam-Webster

“A branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers.”

📙 Stanford University (AIMA – Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach)

“The study of agents that receive percepts from the environment and perform actions.”
– Stuart Russell & Peter Norvig

📕 U.S. National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (2020)

“A machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.”