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What is artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence is a broad field of building computer systems that perform tasks such as recognising patterns, working with language and choosing actions.

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A beginner learning path: understand the idea, follow an everyday example and check your understanding. Read the three lessons in order.

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01 · Understand the idea

In simple words

Artificial intelligence is a broad field of building computer systems that perform tasks such as recognising patterns, working with language and choosing actions. A system can be useful at one task without understanding everything a person understands. Start by asking what it does, what information it uses and how we check its mistakes.

Words to know

Model: a computational system used to produce an output. Automation: software carrying out a task automatically.

Pause here and explain the definition in one sentence without copying it. The aim is to describe what the system does, not to memorise an impressive phrase.

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