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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

artificial intelligence (AI) —a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers artificial neural network (ANN) —a computing system made up of a number of simple, highly interconnected input and output processing elements, in which information that flows through the network affects its structure because the network changes— or learns, in a sense—based on that input and output intelligence —the ability to learn, understand, or deal with new or trying situations intelligence quotient (IQ) —a number used to express the apparent relative intelligence of a person based on a standardized test Moore’s law —a principle of microprocessor development usually holding that processing power doubles about every 18 months, especially relative to cost or size Turing test —a proposed test of a computer’s ability to think, requiring that the hidden substitution of the computer for one of the participants in a keyboard and screen dialogue should be undetectable by the remaining human participant

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