AI (Artificial Intelligence)
AI (n.) AI, Artificial Intelligence, is a term to describe a computer or computer software capable of intelligent behavior. The difference between a computer and an AI is that a computer execute the actions that are directly inputted into them while an AI has the initial input and then determines on its own how and what to do. There are many that say artificial intelligence will never surpass human intellect because of its unavailability to perceive background information. 1 An AI does not have eyes, ears or skin to gather data, therefore depends on the programmer to input the data or to have an apparatus to gather the data for it. The true limitations of the AI is dependant on the human who sets the program for the AI. If an AI is programmed to do something precise, it is the programmers’ responsibility to account for the margin of error. In project Seek, AI is used in a very rudimentary way. The sole purpose of the AI was to move cubes within a box to a designated location based on an algorithm, while gerbils run through the box. 2 The AI was attached to a motorized block with a pressure sensor to gather data on how the gerbils interacted with the cubes and move them to further interact with the gerbils. 3