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What is the difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning?
These two terms seem to be related, especially in their application in computer science and software engineering.
Is one a subset of another?
Is one a tool used to build a system for the other?
What are their differences and why are they…
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What is artificial intelligence?
What is the definition of artificial intelligence?
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When did Artificial Intelligence research first start?
When did research into Artificial Intelligence first begin? Was it called Artificial Intelligence then or was there another name?
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Why spend so much time and money to build AIs to play games?
I was reading about John McCarthy and his orthodox vision of Artificial Intelligence. To me, it seems like he was not very much in favour of resources (like time and money) being used to make AIs play games like Chess. Instead, he wanted more to…
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Why is depth-first search an artificial intelligence algorithm?
I'm new to the artificial intelligence field. In our first chapters, there is one topic called "problem-solving by searching". After searching for it on the internet, I found the depth-first search algorithm. The algorithm is easy to understand, but…
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If expert systems are a bunch of if-then-else statements, then how are they termed as AI?
An artificial intelligence (AI) is often defined as something that can learn over time and can imitate human behaviors.
If an Expert system (e.g. MYCIN) that only involves if-then-else statements qualifies to be an AI, then every program we write in…
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Is AI just a bunch of library functions?
Recently, I began reading more about AI and took a few basic courses to learn the basics of how it works. I also started a few projects involving AI, but get bored very quickly. To me, it feels like creating an AI project just feels like finding a…
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How can one distinguish between an AI and a "sufficiently advanced algorithm"?
Any sufficiently advanced algorithm is indistinguishable from AI.---Michael Paulukonis
According to What are the minimum requirements to call something AI?, there are certain requirements that a program must meet to be called AI.
However,…
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Is case-based reasoning a machine learning technique?
A few years ago when I was in university, I had implemented (for my final year project) an Itinerary Planning System, which incorporates an AI technique called "case-based reasoning".
Is case-based reasoning a machine learning technique or an AI…
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What is the name of an AI system that learns by trial and error?
Imagine a system that controls dampers in a complex vent system that has an objective to perfectly equalize the output from each vent. The system has sensors for damper position, flow at various locations and at each vent. The system is initially…
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What other Machine Learning techniques other than Neural Networks are there?
I know that there are three types of machine learning algorithms, supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, and that often neural networks are used to implement them. However, neural networks is said to be a subfield of machine learning,…
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Which fields of AI are actively researching consciousness?
Max Tegmark discusses the topic of consciousness in his book Life 3.0 and comes to the conclusion, that consciousness is substrate independent. If his analysis is correct, it should be possible to create artificial consciousness. The integrated…
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Why use a neural network approach for linear regression if there is already an explicit solution
I have noticed that many introductory materials on neural networks use linear regression to predict house prices as the standard first example on neural networks. This seems to be a common practice.
But why use neural networks for a problem that…
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Why are PyTorch and TensorFlow the most widely used frameworks?
Even through there are several others, what's special about these two that make them so popular?
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Are pure math topics like functional analysis and differential geometry useful for machine learning and AI?
I'm a math major with a burning passion for pure mathematics (to the point of obsession). However as I graduate I wanted to work in an industry that best utilise my math skills which brings me to my question.
Does working in machine learning, deep…
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