Ask HN: What is your definition of Artificial Intelligence

3 points by sundeep 17y ago ↗ HN

I'd be very interested in what your personal definitions for AI are ..

To me , intelligence is coming up with your own algorithm for solving a previously unseen problem.

Therefore,my (admittedly naive) definition of AI is : Software that behaves satisfactorily under (previously) unseen conditions ..

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psyklic 17y ago ↗

I agree with Minsky -- "anything computers can't do yet" ;-)

ram1024 17y ago ↗

bare essentials:

uses memory to create hypothesis about situations

experiments using hypothesis

augments memory with results

loop

lacker 17y ago ↗

I know it when I see it.