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Business Definition for: Artificial Intelligence

  • a branch of computer science concerned with the development of computer systems capable of performing functions that normally require human intelligence, for example, reasoning, problem solving, learning from experience, and speech recognition. Artificial intelligence research combines elements of computer science and cognitive psychology. It is a controversial field because of the difficulty of defining its goals and disagreement over whether these goals are attainable. Much research has been done since World War II, beginning with the theoretical work of Alan Turing during the 1940s. The term became known with the publication in 1961 of the paper Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence by Marvin Minsky, cofounder with John McCarthy of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Branches of artificial intelligence with applications in business and management include expert systems and robotics.

Wiktionary Definition for: Artificial Intelligence

  • #Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (non-natural, man-made) entity.
  • #The branch of computer science dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level thought in computers.
  • #The essential quality of a machine which thinks in a manner similar to or on the same general level as a human being.

Additional Resources

Playing Smart Artificial Intelligence in Computer Games
This document presents an overview of artificial intelligence in general and artificial intelligence in the context of its use in modern computer games in particular. To this end it first of all provides an introduction to the terminology of artificial intelligence, followed by a brief history of this field of...
Tags: Computer Game, Personal Technology, Productivity, Games, Computer, Artificial Intelligence
White papers 2003-10-14
SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- SRI International is celebrating 40 years of its innovations in artificial intelligence. Since its founding in 1966, when the field was in its infancy, SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center AIC has made major contributions to the development and advancement of computational principles underlying machine intelligence.
Tags: artificial intelligence
Research articles 2006-10-16
Personal Indexes
This article briefly discusses the many applications of artificial intelligence that will be transforming financial technology over the next few years. Other emerging technologies include artificial markets and agent-based models of financial transactions, electronic market-making, modeling emotional responses as computational algorithms (“affective computing”), the psychophysiology of risk preferences, and financial...
Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Investor, Financial, Artificial Intelligence
White papers 2001-07-01
IBM's AI system promises to end compliance errors.(International Business Machines Corp)(Artificial intelligence)(Institute of Financial Accountants)
ARTIFICIAL intelligence capable of telling IFAs where compliance systems are failing could be the norm by 2007, according to IBM. ARTIFICIAL intelligence capable of telling IFAs where compliance systems are failing could be the norm by 2007, according to IBM.
Tags: artificial intelligence, compliance, IBM Corp.
Research articles 2005-09-01
Stanford Racing Team Unveils 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge Entry; Historic Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab Plays Key Role
STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford Racing Team, a venture of Stanford Engineering faculty and students supported by industry leaders, today publicly revealed Stanley. Stanley is an intelligent and rugged vehicle that could bring the future of driving closer by making history in artificial intelligence and robotics.
Tags: DARPA, team
Research articles 2005-05-18
Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Microsoft Excel Forecasting and Estimation
NeuroXL Predictor is a powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solution for advanced estimation and forecasting. By harnessing the latest advances in artificial intelligence and neural network technology, it delivers accurate and fast predictions for your business, financial, or sports forecasting tasks. Designed as an add-on to Microsoft Excel, it is easy...
Tags: Sales Force Management, Sales, NeuroXL Predictor, Forecasting, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Corp., Neural Network, Artificial Intelligence
White papers 2003-06-03
MIT'S SOCIABLE MACHINE.(Brief Article)
* Psychologists emphasize the value of social intelligence. Could that also be a critical success factor for machines? Researcher Cynthia Breazeal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge, is testin * Psychologists emphasize the value of social intelligence. Could that also be...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Psychologist, robot
Research articles 2001-04-16
Mercury Computer Systems and Amerinex Artificial Intelligence provide = high-throughput image understanding systems; Team to tackle difficult vision problems with parallel processing
DETROIT, Mich.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 9, 1995--At the International Robots & Vision Automation Show and Conference, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. and Amerinex Artificial Intelligence, Inc. announced a joint effort to provide realtime, high-throughput image understanding systems.
Tags: parallel processing, team, vision
Research articles 1995-05-09
Interactive intelligence: new technology from Biap makes set-tops smarter and helps personalize cable service.(On demand: where content meets technology: VOD*HDTV*DVR*ITV*HSI)
Artificial intelligence. Rocket science. Interactive television. You may think those three subjects aren't interrelated, but you'd be wrong. A group of former NASA scientists joined a handful of entrepreneurs and new media pioneers in the late 1990 Artificial intelligence. Rocket science. Interactive television. ...
Tags: artificial intelligence, cable, set-top
Research articles 2004-07-05
Frost & Sullivan Acknowledges Entrust and AmikaNow! for Technological Innovation in Intelligent E-Mail Compliance Solutions
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- In its recent study, Artificial Intelligence, Frost & Sullivan honored Entrust Inc.'s and AmikaNow! Corporation's outstanding achievement in artificial intelligence-enabled software technology by conferring upon them the 2004 Technology Innovation Award. E[acute accent]This annual Award is bestowed upon Entrust Inc. and AmikaNow! for efficiently maintaining channels...
Tags: e-mail, Entrust Technologies, Frost & Sullivan
Research articles 2004-10-05
His high-tech Highness; Face value.(Face value: Quanta's Barry Lam)(Quanta Computer)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
Barry Lam, boss of the world's biggest laptop maker, fancies his chances in storage and artificial intelligence Barry Lam, boss of the world's biggest laptop maker, fancies his chances in storage and artificial intelligence
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Research articles 2002-07-13
Engenuity's AI.implant Brings Next-Gen Artificial Intelligence to Vivendi Games; High Moon Studios the first Sierra Entertainment studio to standardize on Engenuity Technologies' AI.implant tools and middleware for next-gen gaming titles.(Company overview
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Jul 26, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Engenuity Technologies Inc. ("Engenuity" or the "Company") (TSX:EGY), a global leader in providing artificial intelligence tools and middleware for games, animation and si MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Jul 26, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Engenuity Technologies Inc. ("Engenuity"...
Tags: artificial intelligence, game, middleware, tool, Vivendi Universal
Research articles 2006-07-26
Yahoo! Chief Data Officer Dr. Usama Fayyad Chosen as 2005 Fellow by American Association for Artificial Intelligence
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that Dr. Usama Fayyad has been chosen as a 2005 Fellow by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence AAAI. Fayyad is Yahoo!'s chief data officer and senior vice president and also oversees the Yahoo! Research Labs organization.
Tags: artificial intelligence, Yahoo! Inc.
Research articles 2005-07-21
Tech Watch: Nothing artificial with hot movie's Web plan.(Chicago area business news briefs)(Brief Article)
Warner Bros. used a murder mystery wrapped in an enigma-and about 30 interrelated Web sites-to generate online buzz for ``A.I.: Artificial Intelligence,'' the new Steven Spielberg movie. And Three Mountain Group LLC, an obscure Chicago Web developer Warner Bros. used a murder mystery wrapped in...
Tags: biotech industry, Electronic Data Systems Corp., movie, Web
Research articles 2001-07-09
Robot targets insiders: NASD wins A.I. Prize.(Reporter)(Brief Article)
MOST INSIDE TRADERS think they're just hiding from human regulators. In actuality, their real nemesis may be the artificial intelligence system NASD developed just to hunt them down. MOST INSIDE TRADERS think they're just hiding from human regulators. In actuality, their real nemesis...
Tags: NASD, robot
Research articles 2003-11-01
Intelligent grinding process saves energy, cuts costs 10%.(Forming/Processing)
A grinding process in which artificial intelligence software enables relatively inexperienced technicians to operate grinding machinery with the same precision as highly experienced workers is said to be under development by Purdue University, West L A grinding process in which artificial intelligence software enables relatively...
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Research articles 2004-07-01
ACCOONA Artificial Intelligence Search Engine Unveils One-Click for ALLSearch and announces Accoona Leadership Award in presence of President Bill Clinton and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Accoona, www.Accoona.com, a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Search Technology, unveiled today its latest breakthrough in Internet Search. Accoona Chairman Eckhard Pfeiffer officially announced the company's launching of its "One-click for ALLSearch" technology, at the United Nations Friday evening, in the presence of Secretary General Kofi Annan...
Tags: Bill Clinton, search engine
Research articles 2006-12-11
ZAP.(Cartoon)
H.A.L 5005 THE WORLD'S FIRST PVR WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HOW ARE YOU TODAY? HAL, I'D LIKE TO WATCH LAST WEEK'S MATCH AND .. THE SWIMSUIT SHOW. ...
Research articles 2005-04-01
Reinventing the robot. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) (Science and Technology)
INDUSTRIOUS though they may be, ants win few prizes for intellect. Yet a new generation of robot-builders is experimenting with machines that think more like insects than people. Such artificial bugs are proving surprisingly capable. Intriguingly, in INDUSTRIOUS though they may be, ants win few prizes...
Tags: artificial intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, robot
Research articles 1990-10-27
SRI International Applies Artificial Intelligence Expertise to Advance Systems Biology Research
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
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Research articles 2001-09-13
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