Intro to AI

Question 1

AI is the study of intelligence, particularly ________ _______

Answer 1

intelligent machines

Question 2

AI is mainly interested in understanding and _______ things that think or act rationally

Answer 2

creating

Question 3

Humans are a special case in that we are capable of _______ rational thought and action

Answer 3

general

Question 4

AI is often compared to _______ performance

Answer 4

human

Question 5

In the 1950s, Alan Turing proposed the ______ _____

Answer 5

Turing Test

Question 6

Describe the process of the Turing Test

Answer 6

a computer and a human questioner have a conversation through a computer terminal, such that the questioner has no idea if they are conversing with a computer or a real human; the computers goal is to make the questioner think they are human

Question 7

Some questions asked during the Turing Test may require the computer to ____

Answer 7

lie

Question 8

What 4 things does an program need to pass the Turing Test?

Answer 8

• Understand and generate natural language
• Store and retrieve things it knows and hears
• Infer new conclusions using its stored information
• Learn about new circumstances

Question 9

We are nowhere near being able to create a program to pass the _____ ____

Answer 9

Turing Test

Question 10

The Turing Test is ________ and is more useful for inspiring people

Answer 10

impractical

Question 11

__________ _______ is closely related to AI

Answer 11

Cognitive Science

Question 12

Cognitive science is interested in explaining how _______ think

Answer 12

humans

Question 13

The computer science approach to AI is more ___________ oriented and may not mimic how humans solve problems

Answer 13

engineering

Question 14

What is an “agent”?

Answer 14

Something that acts in the world

Question 15

What do we mean when we say “rational”?

Answer 15

Doing the right thing

Question 16

A major question in AI: “Is anything other than a _______ a rational agent?”

Answer 16

human

Question 17

Most AI researchers believe that there are more ________ ______ than just humans

Answer 17

rational agents

Question 18

________ are not a requirement for rational though

Answer 18

Emotions

Question 19

Scientists argue that ____________ is important for intelligence, but the line defining it is blurry

Answer 19

consciousness

Question 20

We can encode rationality using _______ rules and _________

Answer 20

logical, mathematics

Question 21

People believe rational agents use _______

Answer 21

algorithms

Question 22

Economics are used in the fields of ________ theory and ____ theory

Answer 22

decision, game

Question 23

Neuroscience study the human brain and attempt to ________ it

Answer 23

simulate

Question 24

___________ ________ concerns itself with designing a computer to be intelligent by carefully studying the components used to make computers

Answer 24

Hardware engineering

Question 25

Researchers believe intelligence needs to be _________ in something to be rational

Answer 25

embodied

Question 26

___________ study the relation between language and thought

Answer 26

Linguistics

Question 27

Give an example of an operational definition of AI

Answer 27

If it acts intelligent, it is intelligent

Question 28

Describe the Chinese Room experiment by John Searle

Answer 28

An English speaker is in a room and is passed messages in Chinese. The English speaker has a program to translate the passed message and then creates a response in Chinese to be sent back out.

Question 29

What is the main question that is produced from the Chinese Room experiment?

Answer 29

Does the person in the room know how to speak Chinese?

Question 30

Appearing intelligent does not equate to _______ things

Answer 30

understanding

Question 31

What is a part-whole error?

Answer 31

If an entire system has property P, that does not mean all parts of the system have property P