Computer Science › Section L · Artificial intelligence › Topic L.1
Intelligence and machines
Artificial intelligence asks whether machines can perceive, reason, learn and act sensibly on their own, and what it would even mean to say they do. This topic sets out the vocabulary of agents and their levels of behaviour, the two reasons people study AI, and the classic test of machine intelligence with its famous loophole.
In this topic
- What artificial intelligence aims at
- Agents, sensors and actuators
- Levels of response
- Two kinds of knowledge
- Worked example: classifying four agents
- Engineering and science: two research tracks
- The Turing test
- ELIZA and the illusion of understanding
- Worked example: running ELIZA-style rules
- Strong AI, weak AI and general AI
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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