What is artificial intelligence and how does it work?
Syed Abu Iqbal Murshedi
IIM–K Alumni || Business Transformation || Six Sigma Black Belt ||
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term that refers to the ability of machines to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as understanding language, recognizing images, making decisions, and learning from data. AI is not a single technology, but a collection of methods and tools that can be applied to various problems and domains.???
One of the main challenges of AI is to create systems that can learn from data and adapt to new situations. This is where machine learning comes in. Machine learning is a branch of AI that focuses on creating algorithms and models that can learn from data without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning can be divided into two types: supervised and unsupervised.???
Supervised learning is when the machine learns from labeled data, that is, data that has a known outcome or category. For example, a supervised learning algorithm can learn to classify images of animals by being trained on a large dataset of images with labels such as "cat", "dog", "bird", etc. The algorithm can then use its learned knowledge to predict the label of a new image.??
Unsupervised learning is when the machine learns from unlabeled data, that is, data that has no predefined outcome or category. For example, an unsupervised learning algorithm can learn to cluster similar documents by analyzing their words and topics. The algorithm can then use its learned knowledge to group new documents into meaningful categories.??
Another important aspect of AI is natural language processing (NLP), which is the ability of machines to understand and generate natural language, such as English, Spanish, or Chinese. NLP involves various tasks, such as speech recognition, text analysis, sentiment analysis, machine translation, summarization, question answering, and dialogue systems.?