Unit I
Artificial Intelligence
• List 5 tasks that humans do which you think could be replicated by AI.
Explain why
AI Perspectives: Acting and Thinking
Humanly vs. Rationally
Compare and contrast the four AI perspectives:
•Thinking humanly
•Thinking rationally
•Acting humanly
•Acting rationally
Why is "acting rationally" considered a more scalable goal than
"thinking humanly"?
History of AI Marvin Minsky
• Alan Turing
John
McCarthy
is widely
credited as the
"Father of
Artificial
Intelligence" for
his pivotal role in
defining and
developing the
field.
He coined the
term "artificial
intelligence" in
1956 and
organized the
Dartmouth
Conference
Applications of AI
• Healthcare
• Finance
• Retail & E-commerce
• Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Agriculture
• Education
• Entertainment & Media
• Human Resources
• Cybersecurity
Ethics in AI
• Bias
• Privacy
• Job loss
• A company is using facial recognition AI with high error rates for
certain demographics. What should they do?