Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Key Terms

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the study of intelligent behavior (in humans, animals, and machines) and the attempt to find ways in which such behavior could be engineered in any type of artifact. 

(2013). Artificial intelligence. In B. Kaldis (Ed.) Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences (Vol. 2, pp. 39-42). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452276052.n17

Generative AI (GenAI) - AI that can generate new content, like text, images, video, music, or speech. Examples include ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. 

Discriminative AI - AI that can classify, predict, or recognize patterns in existing data. Examples include Gmail's spam filtering or Netflix's recommendations for what to watch next. 

Henning, N., Hall, M., Pagowsky, N., and Wallace, N. (2025). What is generative AI? - video. University of Arizona Libraries. https://lib.arizona.edu/tutorials/gen-ai/#/lessons/ThYpEm1FrF5-QPs1Tk4q4Yu3e9TJOB0t 

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