Artificial Intelligence

Question 1

noam chomsky

Answer 1

linguist, also important for AI, linguistics and cognition

Question 2

key institutions

Answer 2

MIT, Dartmouth Intel, IBM

Question 3

decision theory

Answer 3

combines probability (math) and utility (economics) to frame AI decisions in terms of economic benefit and uncertainty

Question 4

game theory

Answer 4

john von neuman and oskar morgenstern

rational agents learning strategies to solve games

Question 5

neuroscience

Answer 5

knowledge about the brain that some AI models try to emulate. especially the brain’s problem-solving and information storing abilities

Question 6

natural language processing NLP

Answer 6

linguistics + computer science
aims to analyze and process language both in written and spoken forms

Question 7

python

Answer 7

high-level general purpose programming language that plays large role in AI
open-sourced
library that coders can use

Question 8

lips and prolog

Answer 8

lips: older language by john mccarthy, “list processing”
prolog: early AI language, designed for solving logical formulas and proving theorems

Question 9

AI trends

Answer 9

assistive intelligence devices: wearable health monitors etc

augmented intelligence: task-related support in areas where machine performance is superior to human performance, e.g. warning signal to a driver whose car is in the wrong lane

autonomous intelligence: physical robotic actors such as self-driving vehicles, moving warehouse robots, etc