Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

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What is the primary focus of the branch of computer science concerned with Artificial Intelligence?

  • Design of robots that perform human-like tasks
  • Development of machines that mimic human behavior
  • Creation of machines that think and behave like humans
  • Automation of intelligent behavior (correct)

Which of the following is a major component of an AI system?

  • Automated reasoning (correct)
  • Database management
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Web development

What is the main goal of the Turing Test, proposed by Alan Turing?

  • To measure the intelligence of machines
  • To develop machines that can think like humans
  • To provide a satisfactory operational definition of intelligence (correct)
  • To determine whether machines can think

What is the field of study that brings together computer models from AI and experimental techniques from psychology?

<p>Cognitive Science (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic do AI and human-level general intelligence share according to the text?

<p>The available theories do not explain them (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two approaches to validating theories in Cognitive Science?

<p>Top-down and bottom-up (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the four categories of views of AI?

<p>Systems that act like humans, think like humans, think rationally, and act rationally (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is associated with the development of laws of thought and correct arguments?

<p>Aristotle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main challenge in taking informal knowledge and stating it in formal terms?

<p>The knowledge is often less than 100% certain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key difference between solving a problem 'in principle' and solving it in practice?

<p>The difference between theoretical and practical solutions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the 'laws of thought' approach to AI?

<p>Making correct inferences (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a rational agent, according to the text?

<p>An agent that acts so as to achieve the best outcome (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of rational behavior?

<p>To maximize goal achievement (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an abstract representation of an agent?

<p>A function from percepts to actions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a limitation that can make perfect rationality unachievable?

<p>Computational limitations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which discipline contributes to the foundation of AI by providing formal theory of rational decisions?

<p>Economics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do computer engineers provide that make AI applications possible?

<p>Powerful machines (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of this AI course?

<p>General principles of rational agents (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who introduced the concept of machine learning and reinforcement learning in 1950?

<p>Turing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the 1965 research by Robinson?

<p>Discovery of the resolution method for first-order logic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which period saw the boom of the expert systems industry?

<p>1980-88 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the key factor that contributed to the resurgence of neural networks in the 1980s?

<p>Availability of very large data sets (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who coined the term 'Artificial Intelligence'?

<p>John McCarthy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which AI programming language was defined by McCarthy in 1958?

<p>Lisp (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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