AI

There are many forms of AI (Artificial Intelligence) used throughout computing. These are pervasive throughout the world and many are incredibly useful.

Examples of AI include:

• Digital assistants: Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant, etc.
• Search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc.
• Social media algorithms. Most social media sites use AI-powered algorithms to cater the content the site displays to you. Examples include Facebook, Instragram, Youtube, TikTok, etc.
• Chatbots. Many customer facing websites utilise chatbots to provide customer service.
• Robots. Many physical roots use AI to help with their decision making. Examples include the NASA Mars rovers, Assembly line robots, and hospitality robots.
• Text editing. Many text editors have AI that spot typos and grammatical mistakes.
• Video games. Video games have long used AI to create generated worlds, and control non-player characters.

There are much more examples but hopefully the above demonstrates that AI is a very general term. One definition of AI is any computer system that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. Some like to say that AI systems are only considered AI when they are first released and when they become the norm in computing they are then considered normal computing. This leads us onto LLMs.