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Reasoning and Learning in Artificial Intelligence
5.1 Reasoning
The primary aim of any artificially intelligent system is to think like humans and mimic their actions to perform tasks faster in a smarter fashion. In this process, reasoning plays a vital role as it helps draw conclusions, make predictions and construct approaches towards a particular thought with the help of existing knowledge.
The term ‘reasoning’ is associated with thinking, intellect and cognition that directs the process of generating one idea from the other. It involves analysing the given information, comparing it with what is known and then coming to a conclusion. Therefore, reasoning is the key to making decisions, solving problems and evaluating actions. For example, ...
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