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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Absolutely. I wouldn't call Bresenham AI. In some contexts, like games, I might call A* search AI. But to someone from the Victorian era who paid people to compute taylor series by hand, something basic and flexible like a microprocessor which can run bresenham or FFT or etc. etc. ... might have been seen as artificial intelligence. Using a machine to solve a problem that normally requires human brainpower.