Artificial Intelligence is concerned with the design of intelligence in an artificial device. The term
was coined by John McCarthy in 1956.
Intelligence is the ability to acquire, understand and apply the knowledge to achieve goals in the
world.
AI is the study of the mental faculties through the use of computational models
AI is the study of intellectual/mental processes as computational processes.
AI program will demonstrate a high level of intelligence to a degree that equals or exceeds the
intelligence required of a human in performing some task.
AI is unique, sharing borders with Mathematics, Computer Science, Philosophy,
Psychology, Biology, Cognitive Science and many others.
Although there is no clear definition of AI or even Intelligence, it can be described as an attempt
to build machines that like humans can think and act, able to learn and use knowledge to solve
problems on their own.