2 Defining AI Understanding Terminology

Chapter 2: What You Need to Know

•   Categories of AI include expert systems, machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and artificial general intelligence (AGI).

•   Dimensions to consider include structured versus instructed data, and supervised versus unsupervised learning.

•   Human+AI systems open up new potential for societal and economic advancement.

It can seem, to the layperson, that there’s a bewildering array of terminology that gets used in the description of artificial intelligence. It’s important to understand the different kinds of AI because that can help reveal the threats, and opportunities, that AI systems present.

We’re going to understand in this chapter, in relatively ...

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