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Introduction to AI Definition of AI What is AI ? Artificial Intelligence is concerned with the design of intelligence in an artificial device. The term was coined by McCarthy in 1956 . According to the father of Artificial Intelligence, John McCarthy, it is “The science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs”. Typical AI problems While studying the typical range of tasks that we might expect an “intelligent entity” to perform, we need to consider both “common-place” tasks as well as expert tasks. Examples of common-place tasks include Recognizing people, objects. Communicating (through natural language). Navigating around obstacles on the streets These tasks are done matter of factly and routinely by people and some other animals. Expert tasks include: • Medical diagnosis. • Mathematical problem solving • Playing games like chess . These tasks cannot be done by all people, and can only ...