AI foundations
Artificial intelligence
Computer systems performing tasks that normally require human intelligence.
Also known as: AI
Definition
Artificial intelligence is the broad field of building systems that perceive, predict, generate, reason, recommend or act toward defined goals.
Why it matters
The term covers many different technologies and risk profiles, so an AI strategy should distinguish predictive models, generative systems and agents.
Related concepts
- Machine learning
Systems that learn patterns from data rather than only following fixed rules.
- Generative AI
AI systems that create new text, images, audio, video, code or data.
- AI agent
A system that plans and takes actions using models, tools and state.