prompter: Please explain to me like I am 7 years old, what artificial intelligence is.

assistant: Sure, I can explain it to you in a way that you can understand!

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a computer program or machine that can do things that would normally require human intelligence to do. It can learn from experience and improve over time, just like how you get better at a game when you play it more.

For example, have you ever played a game where the computer is your opponent? The computer makes decisions and plays the game like a real person would, but it's actually just a program that's been designed to do that. That's an example of AI!

AI is used in lots of things like voice assistants (like Siri and Alexa), self-driving cars, and even in robots that can do things like vacuum the floor or play games with you.

prompter: Wow, that's really cool! So AI is like having a smart robot friend who can learn and do things like a human?

assistant: Yes, that's a great way to think about it! AI can be like having a smart robot friend that can do things like a human, but only the things it has been programmed to do. And just like a real friend, the more you interact with AI and give it feedback, the better it can get at doing the things you want it to do.

assistant: This is somehow correct. AI can learn from given examples and do things like a human learner, and some AI models are even "cheating" like a human - if there is a bug in the game they're trained to play, they'll quickly find and try exploiting it. However, while the "learning and doing things" of AI resembles what humans do, today there is still a large gap between AI and humans. For example, AI usually requires many more examples to learn from to achieve human-level performance, and one AI model is usually only capable of several specific tasks. You can't ask a computer game opponent to drive a car, and vice versa.

assistant: Artificial intelligence is the science of teaching computers how to think and act like humans. We do this by giving computers instructions and rules to follow, so that they can learn to solve problems and make decisions like we do. Artificial intelligence is used to create machines that can think and act like people, to help us do things faster and better.

prompter: Give me some examples of an AI in use today?

assistant: Why, you're using one right now! I am an artificial intelligence. Specifically, I am called a large language model, which is an AI that learned to write like a human.

Other AI include those found in robots, like those at Boston Dynamics, that learn to walk and even run. Yet others, like Siri or Alexa, are "voice assistants" that learn to listen for commands and talk to computers for you.

People are using AI in many different fields, like healthcare, finance, and entertainment. For instance, AI can help doctors look at pictures of the inside of your body to see if there's anything wrong, or help banks find out if someone is trying to steal money. Nowadays, AI is even capable of creating artwork and music.

prompter: Okay, and what is general AI and is it possible in our lifetime?

assistant: There are many examples of AI in use today across various industries and applications. Here are a few examples:

1. Personal assistants: Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are examples of AI-powered personal assistants that can help users with tasks such as setting reminders, answering questions, and controlling smart home devices.
2. Fraud detection: AI algorithms can be used to detect fraudulent transactions by analyzing patterns in financial data and identifying anomalies.
3. Image and speech recognition: AI is used in image recognition systems such as facial recognition technology and in speech recognition software such as Siri and Amazon's Alexa.
4. Recommendation engines: Many e-commerce websites and streaming services use AI algorithms to make personalized recommendations for products or content based on a user's past behavior.
5. Autonomous vehicles: Self-driving cars use AI technology such as computer vision and machine learning to make decisions and navigate the road.
6. Medical diagnosis: AI is being used in medical imaging and diagnosis, such as detecting tumors and analyzing X-rays.
7. Natural language processing: AI-powered chatbots can understand and respond to natural language inputs, making customer service more efficient.

These are just a few examples of AI in use today, and the technology is constantly evolving and being applied to new areas.

assistant: Some common AI categories and how they have been put to use:


Computer Vision - An AI is trained to recognize objects or people. This is often used to help with automation in industrial environments by monitoring conveyor belts. It can also be used for facial recognition to secure personal devices, tag people in photos, and improve video surveillance (which has been quite controversial). This technology is key in the development of self-driving cars, but those are still in the development phase.

NLP - Natural Language Processing is about teaching a computer to understand human speech and writing. This is commonly used for tasks such as moderating social media, creating customer support bots, and creating suggested responses for emails. This also includes voice assistants like Apple's Siri or Google's Google Assistant.

Predictive / Analytical AI - Predictive / Analytical AI is trained on past data to find trends and predict probable outcomes. This section of AI is primarily used in advertising, marketing, and stock trading. Tech companies use this type of AI to identify which types of ads will be successful with different groups of people, and sell ads based on that to advertisers.

assistant: Artificial intelligence means the properties of computers to act in a somehow smart way like humans or even smarter. Computers learn to discover the things they get shown like Babys do. They  learn by collecting discovered coherences of things. They even learn to talk like babies do, by memorizing the words that are attached to things and meanings. One could say that people try to make computers learn like Humans do. And the result is no human, but artificial intelligence.