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Department of Computer Sciences College of Computers & Information Technology 501481-3 Winter 2022 Artificial Intelligence Chapter 1: Introduction 1  What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial inte...

Department of Computer Sciences College of Computers & Information Technology 501481-3 Winter 2022 Artificial Intelligence Chapter 1: Introduction 1  What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence is the study of programmed systems that can simulate, to some extent, human activities such as perceiving, thinking, learning and acting. Scope of the Field  Intelligent Agent Software agents A software agent is a set of programs that are designed to do particular tasks. For example, a software agent can check the contents of received e-mails and classify them into different categories (junk, less important, important, very important and so on). Another example of a software agent is a search engine used to search the World Wide Web and find sites that can provide information about a requested subject.  Intelligent Agent Physical agents A physical agent (robot) is a programmable system that can be used to perform a variety of tasks. Simple robots can be used in manufacturing to do routine jobs such as assembling, welding, or painting. Some organizations use mobile robots that do routine delivery jobs such as distributing mail or correspondence to different rooms. Mobile robots are used underwater to prospect for oil. A humanoid robot is an autonomous mobile robot that is supposed to behave like a human.  Agent faculties The main fundamental faculties of intelligence are : Acting Sensing Reasoning (understanding), Learning An Intelligent Agent must sense, must act, must be autonomous (to some extent). It also must be rational. AI is about building rational agents. 6  AI in Robotics The agent is called a robot agent. The environment is the surroundings. Camera Sensor Environment Motor s Voice 7  AI in Medicine The agent is called diagnostic agent. y mpt oms Patient S Diagnostic Agent Dia gno sis Doctor 8  AI Tools Programming languages Although some all-purpose languages such as C++, Java, and Python are used to create intelligent software, two languages are specifically designed for AI: LISP and PROLOG.