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What is Artificial Intelligence?Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the attempt to build artificial systems that have intelligent behaviour.There are two main directions of research:
Thus AI is both a science and an engineering discipline. Applications of AI range from 'smart' controllers for household devices, to computers that can converse in English, play games, recognise objects in images, make expert diagnoses, do intelligent web searches or act as the brain of a robot. AI has links with neurophysiology (the study of the structure and function of the nervous system), psychology, philosophy, engineering, computer science and linguistics. An example area of special interest is Computational Linguistics, which includes mathematical approaches to linguistics, the use of computational models in linguistics, computer speech and language processing, and natural language. What are emotions from an AI perspective?Here's one AI view on emotions from Marvin Minsky:"It's about thinking. The main theory is that emotions are nothing special. Each emotional state is a different style of thinking. So it's not a general theory of emotions, because the main idea is that each of the major emotions is quite different. They have different management organizations for how you are thinking you will proceed."
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For more information on AI and its view on emotions see http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/emotion.html.Generally speaking, emotions in AI are viewed as in Cognitive Science. |
Can Computers Have EmotionsHot Seat Debate The Panel
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