artificial intelligence

noun

1

: the capability of computer systems or algorithms to imitate intelligent human behavior

… helped pioneer the idea that computers can exhibit artificial intelligence that mirrors human thinking.

—Richard Sandomir

A Monmouth University poll … found that only 9 percent of Americans believed that computers with artificial intelligence would do more good than harm to society.

—Shira Ovide

Artificial intelligence applications are already used behind the scenes in hospitals to automate workforce tasks, improve patient flow, for operating room scheduling and elsewhere to improve efficiency.

—Liz Freeman

also, plural artificial intelligences : a computer, computer system, or set of algorithms having this capability

Someday, our artificial intelligences will be capable enough to pass for human.

—Benjamin C. Kinney

… they are now eager to create artificial intelligences that can mediate human life at every level.

—Edward Ongweso Jr.

see also generative artificial intelligence

2

: a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent human behavior by computers

The school of computer science offers … undergraduate degrees in artificial intelligence.

—Evan Robinson-Johnson

He is looking to study computer science focusing on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

—Joe McHugh

Examples of artificial intelligence in a Sentence

a robot with artificial intelligence

Recent Examples on the Web

Companies like Nvidia and Super Micro Computer, driven by soaring demand in artificial intelligence, were at the forefront of the market's momentum. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025

The last year was a record-breaking one for the market, with the bull run of key tech names like artificial intelligence darling Nvidia helping power the market’s gains and becoming one of the year’s most dramatic stories. —Sean Conlon, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2025

New safeguards against artificial intelligence deepfakes. —Kate Selig, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025

The country’s largest art event spotlights pressing issues—from climate change and environmental justice to artificial intelligence—largely forgotten during an election season dominated by political discourse on women’s rights, immigration, and foreign policy. —Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

artificial intelligence

noun

: the power of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior