🧠 Key Terms in Artificial Intelligence (Simple Definitions)

🤖 What Does "Artificial" Mean?

Artificial means something that is made by humans rather than occurring naturally.

🔹 Examples:

• Artificial flower → A man-made flower (not real).
• Artificial light → Light from bulbs (not sunlight).
• Artificial intelligence → Intelligence created by humans using machines and software.

🧠 What Does "Intelligence" Mean?

Intelligence is the ability to learn, understand, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.

🔹 Examples:

• A human solving a puzzle shows intelligence.
• A student learning from mistakes shows intelligence.
• In AI, machines try to mimic this kind of thinking and learning.

🤖 What Is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of machines or software to perform tasks that usually require human intelligence—like learning, understanding, solving problems, and making decisions.

🧩 Breaking it down:

• Artificial → Made by humans, not natural.
• Intelligence → The ability to learn, reason, and adapt.

🔹 Simple Example:

When a computer can recognize your voice, recommend videos, or play chess—it’s using AI to act smart, just like a human would.

🤖 Machine-Based System

A system made up of hardware and software that performs tasks automatically using data and logic.

🔬 Science

A way of studying and understanding how things work in the world through experiments and observation.

💻 Computer Science

The study of computers and how to make them do useful tasks, like solving problems or processing data.

👁️ Agent (in AI)

An agent is anything that can observe its environment, make decisions, and act to reach a goal.

Example: A self-driving car is an agent—it sees the road, makes driving choices, and moves accordingly.