What is artificial intelligence (AI)?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an interdisciplinary field, which aims to research, develop and apply computer systems that can simulate, expand and assist human intelligence. The main goal of artificial intelligence is to enable computers or other types of machines to imitate, simulate or surpass human cognition, reasoning, learning, perception, communication and creation.

Artificial intelligence can be divided into two categories:

Narrow AI: Also known as specific artificial intelligence or applied artificial intelligence, it is an intelligent system specially designed for specific tasks or fields. These systems can only accomplish specific tasks and cannot be extended to other tasks or fields. Such as speech recognition, image recognition, recommendation system, etc.

Agi (artificial general intelligence) refers to an artificial intelligence system with extensive cognitive ability and generalization ability, which can show intelligence in various tasks and fields like human beings. Strong artificial intelligence has not been realized, and it is still the goal of research and exploration.

The development and application of artificial intelligence involves many technologies and methods, such as machine learning, especially deep learning. Deep learning), knowledge representation and reasoning, natural language processing, computer vision, intelligent robots, etc.

Artificial intelligence has made remarkable achievements and has been widely used in various fields, such as medical care, finance, education, transportation, industrial production and so on. However, the development of artificial intelligence still faces many challenges, including technological breakthroughs, ethics, laws and regulations, data privacy and security.