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Unfortunately, a universal definition of artificial intelligence does not exist. We use an essay by computer pioneer Alan Turing to illuminate the term, and we describe various tests to evaluate artificial intelligence. Finally, we outline the state of the art of the research field.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Much of the exposition in this section is taken from a paper published by one of the authors in a computer science journal on the occasion of Turing Year [2].

  2. 2.

    Chatbot: a combination of “to chat” and “robot”.

  3. 3.

    http://www.humanbrainproject.eu, accessed October 2018.

  4. 4.

    Parts of this section can also be found in [11].

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    Ulrike Barthelmeß & Ulrich Furbach

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Barthelmeß, U., Furbach, U. (2023). Artificial Intelligence. In: A Different Look at Artificial Intelligence. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38474-6_2

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