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MANY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND intelligence to be the ability to learn, understand, or deal with new or trying situations. But what do we really mean by intelligence? Can we measure it? Is it something we develop, or are we simply born with it? And can we create intelligence in another entity such as a machine? chapte r INTRODUCTION TOARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

A lawyer can use a computer database to access details about every court case ever recorded. The machine holds more information than the lawyer’s memory can, but so far only a human has the imagination to use the knowledge effectively.

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