artificial intelligence

noun

: an area of computer science that deals with giving machines the ability to seem like they have human intelligence

: the power of a machine to copy intelligent human behavior

Full Definition of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

: a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers

: the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior

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1956

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