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What are tasks that cannot easily be automated by machines?
What are tasks that cannot easily be automated by machines?
Tasks that require human intelligence, creativity, or emotional understanding, such as art, music, writing, and complex decision-making.
How do computers abilities compare to that of humans?
How do computers abilities compare to that of humans?
Computers are better at tasks like calculations and data storage, while humans excel at creativity, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence.
Which of the following tasks can computers do better than humans?
Which of the following tasks can computers do better than humans?
What is an example of a task that is difficult for computers to perform?
What is an example of a task that is difficult for computers to perform?
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Which of these occupations could (or should) be performed by computers?
Which of these occupations could (or should) be performed by computers?
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What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
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What defines intelligence?
What defines intelligence?
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The Turing Test is a test to determine if a computer can think like a human.
The Turing Test is a test to determine if a computer can think like a human.
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What are the two types of equivalences in the Turing Test?
What are the two types of equivalences in the Turing Test?
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What is the Loebner prize?
What is the Loebner prize?
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What is a chatbot?
What is a chatbot?
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What is knowledge representation?
What is knowledge representation?
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What is a semantic network?
What is a semantic network?
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What is the definition of artificial intelligence (AI) as presented in the text?
What is the definition of artificial intelligence (AI) as presented in the text?
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What did Alan Turing ask in his 1950 paper, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"?
What did Alan Turing ask in his 1950 paper, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"?
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What is the purpose of the Turing Test?
What is the purpose of the Turing Test?
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Passing the Turing Test definitively proves that a machine is thinking.
Passing the Turing Test definitively proves that a machine is thinking.
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What are the three main aspects that are compared between computers and humans in the context of AI?
What are the three main aspects that are compared between computers and humans in the context of AI?
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What is a search tree?
What is a search tree?
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What is the goal of the simplified Nim game?
What is the goal of the simplified Nim game?
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What is the purpose of pruning a search tree?
What is the purpose of pruning a search tree?
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What are the two main techniques for pruning search space?
What are the two main techniques for pruning search space?
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What is an expert system?
What is an expert system?
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What are the two key components of a rule-based expert system?
What are the two key components of a rule-based expert system?
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What is an artificial neural network?
What is an artificial neural network?
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What is a neuron in the context of neural networks?
What is a neuron in the context of neural networks?
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What is a synapse in a neural network?
What is a synapse in a neural network?
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What is the process of adjusting the weights and threshold values in a neural network called?
What is the process of adjusting the weights and threshold values in a neural network called?
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What are the three basic types of processing during human/computer voice interaction?
What are the three basic types of processing during human/computer voice interaction?
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What is dynamic voice generation?
What is dynamic voice generation?
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What are phonemes?
What are phonemes?
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What is a voiceprint?
What is a voiceprint?
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What are the three types of ambiguity in natural language?
What are the three types of ambiguity in natural language?
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What is mobile robotics?
What is mobile robotics?
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What is the sense-plan-act (SPA) paradigm?
What is the sense-plan-act (SPA) paradigm?
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What is the main idea behind subsumption architecture for robots?
What is the main idea behind subsumption architecture for robots?
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According to Asimov's laws of robotics, what is the first rule a robot must follow?
According to Asimov's laws of robotics, what is the first rule a robot must follow?
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Study Notes
Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial intelligence (AI) is the study of computer systems that aim to mimic human intelligence.
- AI involves writing programs to identify objects in images.
- Key questions in AI include: are there tasks that cannot be automated, and how do computers compare to humans in abilities?
- The speed of neurotransmitters (roughly 1000 ft/second) is contrasted with the light speed of electrons in computers.
- Differences also exist in memory capacity: human brains have roughly 100 billion neurons and 50 trillion bits, while sophisticated computer models may only approach similar capacities.
- The number of connections per neuron (roughly 1000) in the human brain is quite different from computer systems, which sometimes employ hundreds of parallel processors.
Thinking Machines
- Computers excel at tasks like adding thousands of four-digit numbers and creating complex 3D images.
- Humans excel at tasks like identifying cats in pictures.
- Computers have difficulty with complex reasoning and interpretation..
Computers vs Humans
- Computers can perform tasks better than humans, such as adding thousands of four-digit numbers and creating 3D images.
- Humans can better perform tasks requiring complex reasoning or interpretation, such as identifying a cat.
What is AI?
- AI is the study of computer systems that attempt to mimic human intelligence.
Turing Test
- A Turing test determines if a computer has achieved human-level intelligence.
- The interrogator in the test tries to determine which respondent is the computer and which is the human.
Weak and Strong Equivalence
- Weak equivalence refers to the case where two systems (human and computer) produce the same results, but they don't necessarily use the same processes.
- Strong equivalence is when both systems use identical internal processes to yield comparable results.
Loebner Prize
- The Loebner Prize is an annual competition that tests computer programs on their ability to generate human-like conversation.
Chatbots
- Chatbots are programs designed to carry on conversations with human users.
Knowledge Representation
- Comparing human and computer work can offer insights into their respective strengths.
- Processing models, knowledge representation, and reasoning are important aspects of AI.
Semantic Networks
- A semantic network is a knowledge representation technique that focuses on the relationships between objects.
- These networks use directed graphs.
- Semantic networks represent real-world objects and their relationships, guiding inquiries.
Search Trees
- Search trees represent possible alternative solutions for situations, such as game playing.
- Paths on the tree depict a series of decisions made by players in a game.
- Nim (a simplified game) is an illustrative, simplified example.
Search Tree Strategies for Pruning
- Depth-first search explores selected paths all the way down the tree.
- Breadth-first search analyzes all possible paths but only for a short distance down the tree.
Expert Systems
- Expert systems are software designed to use knowledge of experts to solve problems.
- They typically rely on if-then rules and an inference engine to draw conclusions.
- An expert system is a specific kind of knowledge-based system built upon rules.
Gardner Expert System Example
- An example of an expert system application is a system that decides on a lawn treatment strategy using specific named abbreviations.
Data for Expert Systems
- Data like lawn condition (such as "bare", "sparse", "weedy" and "buggy"), date of last treatment, and current date/season are helpful inputs for expert systems.
Rules of Expert Systems
- If-then statements provide rules within expert systems.
Artificial Neural Network
- A representation of knowledge that tries to mirror human neural networks, mimicking the human body's processes
- Individual nodes (neurons) accept multiple input values (dendrites) and produce a single output of zero or one (axon).
- Each value input has an associated numerical weight (synapse).
Neural Network
- A series of neurons connected to one another.
- Excited neurons create a strong pathway.
- A biological neuron features multiple input tentacles (dendrites) and one primary output tentacle (axon).
- The gap between the axon and dendrite is called the synapse.
- Neural networks have a constant state of flux learning involves creating new strong pathways.
- Training involves adjusting weights and thresholds in a neural network.
Natural Language Processing
- Natural language processing (NLP) focuses on various types of human/computer voice interactions, such as voice recognition, understanding human language, and speech synthesis.
- NLP faces challenges related to ambiguity in natural language.
Voice Synthesis
- A method to convert words into spoken form using sounds.
- Phonemes are the fundamental units of speech.
- Two approaches to voice synthesis exist: dynamic voice generation, and recorded speech
Problems with Voice Recognition
- Identifying speech is difficult because it varies between speaker and speaker, due to factors like mouth shape, tongue position, tone, and voice volume/regional accents.
- Speakers may use different contexts, causing ambiguity, as the same word might be said in different contexts, with different tones/expressions/etc.
- Humans use continuous speech; voice recognition systems often need multiple recordings of the same word in different contexts due to this.
Voiceprints
- It's a plot of frequency changes over time in human speech, used for speaker identification and security.
- Training is needed to generate an average voiceprint for a word.
Natural Language Comprehension
- Natural language is often ambiguous:
- Lexical Ambiguity: Words having multiple meanings and usages.
- Syntactic Ambiguity: Sentences being constructed in various ways, resulting in distinct interpretations.
- Referential Ambiguity: Pronouns having multiple references to different nouns within the context of a statement.
Robotics
- Mobile robotics studies robots moving in their environments independently.
- Sense-plan-act (SPA) paradigm represents the robot's world using a complex semantic network, with sensors capturing data for building the network.
- Subsumption Architecture is a simplified approach to robot modeling; rather than modelling the whole world, the process is made simpler by using multiple layers of behaviors, each connected to a specific part of the world that is needed .
- Asimov's laws of robotics (a set of basic rules)
- Robot examples include the Sony Aibo, the Sojourner Rover, and Spirit/Opportunity Rovers
Other Topics/Examples
- Examples of robots include Sony's Aibo, the Sojourner Rover, and Spirit/Opportunity Rovers.
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This quiz explores the fundamental concepts of artificial intelligence, including its definition, comparisons between computer and human abilities, and key components like the Turing test. Discover how AI attempts to replicate human intelligence and the tasks that are best suited for either computers or humans.
