artificial intelligence

English

Etymology

Coined by (1927-2011) American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy in 1955, and popularized at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, 1956.

Pronunciation

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Noun

artificial intelligence (countable and uncountable, plural artificial intelligences)

1. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (non-natural, man-made) entity.
   1. (computer science) The branch of computer science dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level intelligence, self-awareness, knowledge, conscience, thought in computer programs.
      • 1988, Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind:

        Research in the modern science of Artificial Intelligence started only in the 1950's, stimulated by the invention of modern computers. This inspired a flood of new ideas about how machines could do what only minds had done previously.

   2. The essential quality of a machine which thinks in a manner similar to or on the same general level as a real human being.

      This computer possesses artificial intelligence.

      • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

        A United Nations agency says the United States, China and Japan are leading the world in developing artificial intelligence, or AI, technology.

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   3. (video games) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player; AI.
      • 2013 March 19, “Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 review – scope for improvement”, in The Metro (UK)‎:

        The original Sniper: Ghost Warrior was a surprise hit when it was released in 2010. A surprise because it seemed an unequivocally awful game, with half broken graphics and artificial intelligence, a tediously linear story campaign, and an undernourished multiplayer mode.

   4. (countable, computing) A computer system or software package which is artificially intelligent.
   5. (countable, chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware computer or computer program.
      • 1973, Gardner Dozois, Chains of the Sea, →ISBN, Chains of the Sea, page 83:

        While the humans scurried in confusion, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) created by MIT/Bell Labs linked itself into the network of high-speed, twentieth generation computers placed at its disposal by a Red Alert Priority, evaluated data thoughtfully for a minute and a half and then proceeded to get in touch with its opposite number in the Russian Republics.

      • 2000, Sheldon Pacotti (writer) & Warren Spector (director/producer), Deus Ex:

        What Daedadus really is, is the world's first successful wholly autonomous AI. Whatever mysterious organization managed to create the first true artificial intelligence succeeded so well that their creation managed to convince them that they'd failed... and then escaped.

      • 2001 January 15, Walter Jon Williams, All Great Neptune's Ocean (Andromeda), season 1, episode 10:

        Dylan Hunt: "This is Captain Dylan Hunt of the High Guard. Investigation has shown that an Artificial Intelligence was involved in the tragic death of your President. In such a case, Commonwealth law demands that the AI's personality be completely erased."

      • 2009, Josh Weisberg, “It Stands to Reason: Skynet and Self-preservation”, in Terminator and Philosophy: I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am, →ISBN:

        Also remember that Skynet's an artificial intelligence. Intelligence, for our purpose, means being able to use reason in order to achieve your goals.

Synonyms

• AI (initialism)
• machine intelligence
• synthetic intelligence

Hypernyms

• intelligence
• (self-aware computer): see Thesaurus:sentient

Coordinate terms

• (deployed product): expert system
• (subbranch of computer science): expert systems

Derived terms

• artificial dumbness
• artificial idiocy
• artificial incompetence
• artificial intelligence quotient
• artificially intelligent → artificially intelligently
• artificial stupidity
• artificial unintelligence
• frontier artificial intelligence
• generative artificial intelligence
• narrow artificial intelligence
• strong artificial intelligence
• weak artificial intelligence

 

Translations

intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity

Afrikaans: kunsmatige intelligensie Albanian: inteligjence artificiale f, inteligjenca artificiale f (definite) Amharic: ሠው ሰራሽ ዕውቀት (śäw säraš ʿəwḳät) Arabic: ذَكَاء اِصْطِنَاعِيّ m (ḏakāʔ iṣṭināʕiyy) Egyptian Arabic: ذكاء صناعى Moroccan Arabic: دكا صطيناعي Aragonese: intelichencia artificial f Armenian: արհեստական բանականություն (hy) (arhestakan banakanutʻyun) Assamese: কৃত্ৰিম বুদ্ধিমত্তা (kritrim buddhimotta) Asturian: intelixencia artificial f Azerbaijani: süni intellekt, süni zəka Bashkir: яһалма интеллект (yahalma intellekt) Basque: adimen artifizial Belarusian: шту́чны інтэле́кт m (štúčny inteljékt) Bengali: কৃত্রিম বুদ্ধিমত্তা (bn) (kritrim buddhimotta) Breton: naouegezh artifisiel (br), intent artifisiel m Bulgarian: изку́ствен интеле́кт m (izkústven intelékt) Burmese: ဉာဏ်ရည်တု (nyanranytu.), ဉာဏ်တု (nyantu.) Catalan: intel·ligència artificial (ca) f Chinese: Gan: 人工智能 Mandarin: 人工智能 (zh) (réngōng zhìnéng) Chuvash: юриллe интеллект (jurille int̬ellekt) Crimean Tatar: suniy zekâ Czech: umělá inteligence f Danish: kunstig intelligens (da) c Dutch: kunstmatige intelligentie (nl) f Esperanto: artefarita inteligenteco, artefarita intelekto Estonian: tehisintellekt, kunstlik intellekt Faroese: gjørt vit n Finnish: tekoäly (fi), keinoäly (fi) French: intelligence artificielle (fr) f Friulian: inteligjence artificiâl f Galician: intelixencia artificial (gl) f Georgian: ხელოვნური ინტელექტი (xelovnuri inṭelekṭi) German: künstliche Intelligenz f Greek: τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (el) f (technití noïmosýni) Guaraní: ava japopyre arandu Guianese Creole: entélijans artifisyèl Haitian Creole: entèlijans atifisyèl Hebrew: אִינְטֶלִיגֶנְצְיָה מְלָאכוּתִית (he) f (inteligéntsya melakhutít), בינה מלאכותית (he) Hindi: कृत्रिम बुद्धि f (kŕtrim buddhi), कृत्रिम मेधा (kŕtrim medhā) Hungarian: mesterséges intelligencia (hu) Icelandic: gervigreind f Ido: artifical inteligenteso Indonesian: kecerdasan buatan, kecerdasan artifisial Interlingua: intelligentia artificial Irish: intleacht shaorga IsiZulu: uHlakahlisombulu (zu) Italian: intelligenza artificiale (it) Japanese: 人工知能 (ja) (じんこうちのう, jinkō chinō), アーティフィシャル・インテリジェンス (ātifisharu-interijensu) Javanese: kacerdhasan gawéyan Kannada: ಕೃತಕ ಬುದ್ಧಿಮತ್ತೆ (kn) (kṛtaka buddhimatte) Kazakh: жасанды интеллект (jasandy intellekt) Korean: 인공지능(人工知能) (ko) (in'gongjineung) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ژیریی دەستکرد (jîrîy destkird) Northern Kurdish: jîriya destkirî f Kyrgyz: жасалма интеллект (jasalma intellekt) Latvian: mākslīgais intelekts m Limburgish: kónsmaesige intelligentie Lithuanian: dirbtinis intelektas (lt) m Macedonian: вештачка интелигенција f (veštačka inteligencija) Malagasy: haranita-tsaina voatrolombelona (mg) Malay: kepintaran buatan, kecerdasan buatan (ms), kecerdikan buatan(Singapore) Malayalam: നിർമ്മിത ബുദ്ധി (ml) (niṟmmita buddhi) Maltese: intelliġenza artifiċjali f Manx: far-inçhynaght Maori: hinengaro rorohiko Marathi: कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता (kŕtrim buddhimattā) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хиймэл оюун (xiimel ojuun) Nepali: कृत्रिम बौद्धिकता (kr̥trim bauddhikatā) Norwegian: Bokmål: kunstig intelligens m Nynorsk: kunstig intelligens m Occitan: intelligéncia artificiala (oc) f Odia: ଆର୍ଟିଫିସିଆଲ ଇଣ୍ଟେଲିଜେନ୍ସ (ārṭiphisiāla iṇṭelijensa) Pashto: مصنوعي ځيرکتیا Persian: هوش مصنوعی (fa) (huš-e masnu'i) Polish: sztuczna inteligencja (pl) f Portuguese: inteligência artificial (pt) f Punjabi: ਬਣਾਉਟੀ ਮਸ਼ੀਨੀ ਬੁੱਧੀ f (baṇāuṭī maśīnī buddhī) Romanian: inteligență artificială (ro) f Russian: иску́сственный интелле́кт (ru) m (iskússtvennyj intellékt), ИИ́ (ru) m (IÍ) Sanskrit: कृत्रिम बुद्धिमता f (kṛtrima buddhimatā) Scottish Gaelic: tuigse inntealta Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: уметна интелигенција f, умјетна интелигенција f, вештачка интелигенција f, вјештачка интелигенција f Roman: umetna inteligencija f, umjetna inteligencija f, veštačka inteligencija f, vještačka inteligencija f Sicilian: ntilliggenza artificiali f Sinhalese: කෘත්‍රීම බුද්ධිය (kr̥trīma buddhiya) Slovak: umelá inteligencia f Slovene: umetna inteligenca f Spanish: inteligencia artificial (es) Swahili: akili mnemba, akili bandia Swedish: artificiell intelligens (sv) c Tagalog: gawa-gawang katalinuhan, intelihensiyang artipisyal Tajik: ҳӯши маснӯъӣ (hüš-i masnüʾi), зеҳни сунъӣ (zehn-i sunʾi) Tamil: செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு (ceyaṟkai nuṇṇaṟivu), செயற்கை அறிவுத்திறன் (ceyaṟkai aṟivuttiṟaṉ) Tatar: ясалма интеллект (yasalma intellekt) Telugu: కృత్రిమ మేధస్సు (kr̥trima mēdhassu) Thai: ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ (th) (bpan-yaa-bprà-dìt) Tibetan: མི་བཟོས་རིག་ནུས། (mi bzos rig nus) Turkish: sun‘î zekâ (tr), yapay zekâ (tr) Turkmen: ýasama akyl Ukrainian: шту́чний інтеле́кт m (štúčnyj intelékt) Urdu: مصنوعی ذہانت f (masnū'ī zahānat) Uyghur: سۈنئىي ئەقىل (sün'iy eqil) Uzbek: sunʻiy intellekt, sunʼiy ong Vietnamese: trí tuệ nhân tạo (vi) Welsh: deallusrwydd artiffisial m Yakut: оҥоһуу интеллект (oñohuu intellekt) Yiddish: קינסטלעכע אינטעליגענץ f (kinstlekhe inteligents)

branch of computer science

Afrikaans: kunsmatige intelligensie Arabic: ذَكَاء اِصْطِنَاعِيّ m (ḏakāʔ iṣṭināʕiyy) Bengali: কৃত্রিম বুদ্ধিমত্তা (bn) (kritrim buddhimotta) Burmese: ဉာဏ်တု (nyantu.) Chinese: Cantonese: 人工智能 (jan4 gung1 zi3 nang4) Hokkien: 人工智能 (jîn-kang tì-lêng, lîn-kang tì-lêng) Mandarin: 人工智能 (zh) (réngōng zhìnéng), 人工智慧 (zh) (réngōng zhìhuì) Czech: umělá inteligence f Dutch: kunstmatige intelligentie (nl) f Estonian: tehisintellekt Finnish: tekoälytutkimus French: intelligence artificielle (fr) f Galician: intelixencia artificial (gl) f Georgian: ხელოვნური ინტელექტი (xelovnuri inṭelekṭi) German: künstliche Intelligenz f Greek: τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (el) f (technití noïmosýni) Guaraní: ava japopyre arandu Hebrew: בִּינָה מְלָאכוּתִית (he) f (biná melakhutít) Hungarian: mesterséges intelligencia (hu) Icelandic: gervigreind f, gervigreindarfræði f Ilocano: parbo a saririt Indonesian: kecerdasan buatan Italian: intelligenza artificiale (it) Japanese: 人工知能 (ja) (じんこうちのう, jinkō chinō), アーティフィシャル・インテリジェンス (ātifisharu-interijensu) Javanese: ꦏꦕꦼꦂꦝꦱꦤ꧀​ꦒꦮꦺꦪꦤ꧀ (kacerdhasan gawéyan) Kazakh: жасанды интеллект (jasandy intellekt) Korean: 인공지능(人工知能) (ko) (in'gongjineung) Macedonian: вештачка интелигенција f (veštačka inteligencija) Malagasy: haranita-tsaina voatrolombelona (mg) Malayalam: കൃത്രിമബുദ്ധി (kr̥trimabuddhi) Maltese: intelliġenza artifiċjali f Polish: sztuczna inteligencja (pl) f Portuguese: inteligência artificial (pt) f Romanian: inteligență artificială (ro) f Russian: иску́сственный интелле́кт (ru) m (iskússtvennyj intellékt), ИИ́ (ru) m (IÍ) Sicilian: ntilliggenza artificiali f Spanish: inteligencia artificial (es) f Swedish: artificiell intelligens (sv) c Thai: ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ (th) (bpan-yaa-bprà-dìt) Ukrainian: шту́чний інтеле́кт m (štúčnyj intelékt) Uyghur: سۈنئىي ئەقىل (sün'iy eqil)

quality of a machine

Arabic: ذَكَاء اِصْطِنَاعِيّ m (ḏakāʔ iṣṭināʕiyy) Chinese: Mandarin: 人工智能 (zh) (réngōng zhìnéng) Dutch: kunstmatige intelligentie (nl) f Finnish: tekoäly (fi), keinoäly (fi) French: intelligence artificielle (fr) f Georgian: ხელოვნური ინტელექტი (xelovnuri inṭelekṭi) German: künstliche Intelligenz f Greek: τεχνητή νοημοσύνη (el) f (technití noïmosýni) Italian: intelligenza artificiale (it) Japanese: 人工知能 (ja) (じんこうちのう, jinkō chinō), アーティフィシャル・インテリジェンス (ātifisharu-interijensu) Kazakh: жасанды интеллект (jasandy intellekt) Korean: 인공지능(人工知能) (ko) (in'gongjineung) Macedonian: вештачка интелигенција f (veštačka inteligencija) Portuguese: inteligência artificial (pt) f Russian: иску́сственный интелле́кт (ru) m (iskússtvennyj intellékt) Sicilian: ntilliggenza artificiali f Spanish: inteligencia artificial (es) f Swedish: artificiell intelligens (sv) c Uyghur: سۈنئىي ئەقىل (sün'iy eqil)

computer system or software package

Dutch: kunstmatige intelligentie (nl) f Finnish: tekoäly (fi) Maori: hinengaro rorohiko

science fiction: intelligent, self-aware computer or computer program

Dutch: kunstmatige intelligentie (nl) f Finnish: tekoäly (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "translations to be checked"

Korean: 인공 지능 (in'gong jineung) Latin: (please verify) intelligentia artificialis f

References

• (self-aware computer): Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “artificial intelligence”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
• (self-aware computer): Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “artificial intelligence n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Further reading

• artificial intelligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia