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What is AI: Thoughts about AI

Let us sort out the confusion by digging more into understanding "what is AI" and "what is not".

This video will provide you with more knowledge to be able to differentiate between what is AI and what is not AI.

The discussion will start to answer the question by covering applications invented since 250 BC – of course, not yet AI systems, but having some ingredients which are essential for modern AI systems. We will also examine the optimisation process of Steel Works, carried out by F. Taylor, who uses the approach of the General Problem Solver, which is a key ingredient of AI systems.

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