AI (Artificial Intelligence) is the ability of machines to perform tasks that usually require human intelligence. Based on the CBSE Class 10 AI curriculum, this topic introduces how computers can think, learn, reason, and make decisions, helping students understand the role of AI in everyday life and modern technology.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence has always been a term that intrigues people all over the world.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of machines to perform cognitive tasks, such as thinking, perceiving, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making.
Definitions
It is inspired by the ways people use their brains to perceive, learn, reason, and decide on an action.
Various organizations have coined their own versions of defining Artificial Intelligence. Some of them are mentioned below:
NITI Aayog: National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
AI refers to the ability of machines to perform cognitive tasks, such as thinking, perceiving, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making. Initially conceived as a technology that could mimic human intelligence, AI has evolved in ways that far exceed its original conception.
With incredible advances in data collection, processin,g andcomputationaln power, intelligent systems can now be deployed to take over a variety of tasks, enable connectivit,y and enhance productivity.
World Economic Forum
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the software engine that drives the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Its impact can already be seen in homes, businesses and political processes. In its embodied form, as robots, they will soon be driving cars, stocking warehouses, and caring for the young and elderly.
It holds the promise of solving society’s issues. However, it also presents challenges such as black-box algorithms, unethical data use, and potential job displacement.
Rapid advances in machine learning (ML) are expanding the scope and scale of AI across daily life. Moreover, because AI systems can learn and change on their own, multi-stakeholder collaboration is essential. This collaboration helps ensure accountability, transparency, privacy, and impartiality, thereby building trust.
European Artificial Intelligence (AI) leadership: the path for an integrated vision
AI is not a well-defined technology, and no universally agreed-upon definition exists. It is rather a cover term for techniques associated with data analysis and pattern recognition.
AI is not a new technology, having existed since the 1950s. While some markets, sectors and individual businesses are more advanced than others.
AI is still at a relatively early stage of development, so the range of potential applications and the quality of most existing applications have ample margins left for further development and improvement.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Artificial intelligence (AI), isthe ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems endowed with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans, such as the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalise or learn from past experience.
We suggest you read Applications of AI to learn more about the applications of Artificial Intelligence.
What is Not Artificial Intelligence?
Since we have a lot of different technologies that exist around today, it is very common for us to misunderstand any other technology as AI.
That is why we need to have a clear distinction between what is AI and what is not.
As we discussed earlier, any machine that has been trained with data and can make decisions/predictions on its own can be termed as AI. Here, the term” raining“ is important.
AI vs Automation
Washing Machine
A fully automatic washing machine can work on its own, but it requires human intervention to select the parameters of washing and to do the necessary preparation for it to function correctly before each wash, which makes it an example of automation, not AI.
Air Conditioner
An air conditioner can be turned on and off remotely with the help of the internet, but it still needs a human. This is an example of the Internet of Things (IoT). Also, every now and then, we get to know about robots that might follow a path or maybe can avoid obstacles, but need to be primed each time accordingly.
We also get to see a lot of projects that can automate our surroundings with the help of sensors. Here, too, since the bot or the automation machine is not trained with any data, it does not count as AI.
Moreover, it is valid to say that not all devices labeled as “smart” are AI-enabled. For example, a smart TV does not become AI-enabled by default. It gains AI capabilities only when it can think and process information on its own.
Just as humans learn to walk and improve through experience, AI systems first train on data. Over time, they optimise themselves based on their own experiences. This ability makes AI different from other technological devices. However, developers can integrate these technologies with AI to provide users with a better and more immersive experience.
Robotics and AI can definitely open the doors to humanoids and self-driving cars, AI when merged with Internet of things can give rInternetloud computing of data and remote access of AI tools, automation along with AI can help in achieving voice automated homes and so on. Such integrations can help us get the best of both worlds.
How to say a machine is AI
A machine is considered to be AI if it can apply the three domains of AI that are Data, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing.