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by marcinzm 2253 days ago
AI does not mean ML, it is a broad field that is a superset and not a subset of ML. Or as Wikipedia describes it:

>In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals. Leading AI textbooks define the field as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.
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FZ1 2253 days ago
> AI does not mean ML

Hence the 'or' in my statement. Neither are present here.

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marcinzm 2253 days ago
>any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.

This does exactly that.

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FZ1 2253 days ago
Every program that has ever existed does this. So, you're saying that all programs that have ever existed, then, are all AI. You make no distinction whatsoever.

I would say that the more a program thinks on its own which actions to take to maximize its chances of success, the closer to AI it is.

If it's doing exactly what it's explicitly told, then it's not really intelligent, is it?

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serf 2253 days ago
>>any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.

>Every program that has ever existed does this.

No, not every program is self-tuning, nor do they all take inputs.

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