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AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Also known as: Artificial Intelligence, AI

In one sentence

Making machines perform tasks that typically require human intelligence—like understanding language, recognizing patterns, or making decisions.

Explain like I'm 12

Teaching computers to be smart like humans—to understand what you say, recognize your face, or figure out problems on their own.

In context

Used in voice assistants (Siri, Alexa), spam filters, recommendation engines, self-driving cars, and chatbots.

See also

Machine Learning (ML)ModelLLM (Large Language Model)

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