So What Exactly Is AI?

Artificial intelligence is a broad term for computer systems capable of performing tasks we associate with aspects of human intelligence.

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What AI Can Do

AI can do many different kinds of tasks.

Artificial intelligence is a broad category. Different AI systems can perform very different kinds of work.

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Recognize images

Understand language

Find patterns

Make predictions

Generate content

Solve certain kinds of problems

AI Isn’t New

AI isn't actually new.

You've probably interacted with forms of it for years.

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Spam filters

Help identify and block unwanted messages.

Recommendation systems

Suggest movies, music, products and other content.

Fraud detection

Spot unusual patterns that may signal fraud.

Navigation

Help identify routes and adjust to changing conditions.

Voice assistants

Understand spoken requests and respond to them.

Predictive text

Suggest words and complete text as you type.

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So What Exactly Is AI?

AI can do many different kinds of tasks.

AI isn't actually new.

Spam filters

Recommendation systems

Fraud detection

Navigation

Voice assistants

Predictive text

Ordinary people gained direct access to powerful generative AI.

AI that creates.

One important kind of generative AI is an LLM.

One critical fact.

An AI language model does not know things in the same way you do.

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