What is AI?

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Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is

Computer-augmented

Decision-making

In context.

Additionally:

With a feedback loop for improvement.

Decision-making is important, since it’s not just fitting a function, as Machine Learning algorithms do.

The context is important since a decision matters in a place and time, it is defined in terms of things that matter to someone.

And improvement aspect is important — AI is not an if-then-else statement. You need at least a while loop around it.