Defining the Al Problem

Research into Artificial Intelligence, or Al, has resulted in successful engineering projects. But perhaps more importantly, Al raises questions that extend way beyond engineering applications .

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rtificial Intelligence also aims to arrive at a gene eory of intelligent action in agents: not just hu

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The capabilities of an agent could extend beyond that which we can currently imagine . This is an exceptionally bold enterprise which tackles, head-on, philosophical arguments which have been raging for thousands of years.

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