Artificial Intelligence #Data #Information #Knowledge #Intelligence

#Data

Factual, discrete, static and dynamic things and raw observations of the given area of interest are known as data. Information can be generated after systematic processing of such data. Data are often identified as numeric values within the environment. Data can also be observed as the transcriptional, physical records of an enterprise’s activities, which are considered as the basic building block of any information system.

#Information

When data is processed, organized, structured, or presented in a given context so as to make it useful, it is called information. Though, there is information that is not data. Such distinguished information can be considered as processed data which makes decision making simpler. Processing involves an aggregation of data, calculations of data, corrections on data, etc. in such a way that it generates flow of messages. Information has normally got some meaning and purpose.

#Knowledge

Knowledge is considered as human understanding of a subject matter that has been acquired through proper study and experience. Information and data may be related to a group of humans and regarded as collective mass, whereas knowledge is usually based on learning, thinking and proper understanding of the problem area by an individual. 

Knowledge is derived from information in the equivalent way information is derived from data. It can be considered as the synthesis and integration of human perceptive processes that helps them to draw meaningful conclusions.

Knowledge is “justified true belief” related to human actions and is created from a flow of messages. Knowledge is generally personal, subjective and inherently local – it is found “within the heads of employees” rather than existing objectively.

Moreover, knowledge can be possessed outside of the human mind and suggested that agents are capable of manipulating beliefs and judgement.

#Intelligence

Knowledge of concepts and models lead to higher level of knowledge called wisdom. One needs to apply morals, principles and expertise to gain and utilize wisdom. This takes time and requires a kind of maturity that comes with the age and experience.

A person may have encyclopedia knowledge of the facts and figures relating to the countries of the world; but that knowledge, of itself, will not make that person wise. Instead, a person becomes wise by applying knowledge to complex problems of an ethical and practical type and looking for potential solutions.

Further enhancement on the wisdom is the intelligence. Intelligence is the aim of an entity to become full and complete artificially intelligent one.