[FRIAM] The what is AI question

[Robert Cordingley]

Steve, Josh and I revisited this old(?) chestnut at today's FRIAM 
meeting, so I had to look it up...

The American Association for Artificial Intelligence defines AI as "the 
scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and 
intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines."  John McCarthy 
authored an easy to read discussion on the subject at:

http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai/node1.html

Connections to human intelligence seem very strong.

Robert C.
www.cirrillian.com