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AI

or A.I.

[ ey-ahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

artificial intelligence:
1. the ability of a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making, such as recognizing speech and answering questions:
  The researchers used AI to detect patterns in patients' health data.
2. a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making, such as recognizing speech and answering questions:
  Help train an AI in London that needs your help in understanding the world.
3. the branch of computer science involved with the design of computers, robots, programmed devices, and software applications able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making:
  Many of our students have gone on to produce important, high-profile research in AI.

relating to or produced with the aid of a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making:
Growing demand for AI engineers requires more training programs.
Fully integrating AI output into our work poses numerous challenges, despite the labor it promises to eventually save.

[ ah-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, plural a·is [ah, -eez].

a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.

or A.I.

⁴

[ ahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

/ ˈɑːɪ /

Origin of AI¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Origin of AI²

First recorded in 1685–95; from Portuguese aí, from Tupi a'í, probably of imitative origin

Origin of AI¹

C17: from Portuguese, from Tupi

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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