Artificial Intelligence

Question 1

What is AI?

Answer 1

• Artificial intelligence is computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of preforming tasks that typically require human intelligence
• AI allows machines to model, or even improve upon, the capabilities of the human mind
• Real world examples include:
  - shark/croc spotting
  - driverless cars
  - ChatGPT

Question 2

How is AI different from computing?

Answer 2

In conventional computing, a programmer creates a program to instruct a computer to solve a problem, while in AI, the programmer creates a program that enables the computer to solve the problem independently.

Question 3

How does AI work in feature extraction?

Answer 3

Data is transformed from its original format, like an image, into a series of quantitative or qualitative features to distinguish objects. Although computers cannot see photos like humans, they excel at comparing features, allowing them to recognize individuals within each photo.