Two Contrasting Definitions of AI

1. "The science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by humans."
   —Marvin Minsky
   • Using humans to tell us how to program computers.
   • Consistent with AI viewed as engineering, computational psychology, and computational philosophy

2. "The use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular."
   —Margaret Boden
   • Using computers to tell us something about humans.
   • Consistent with AI viewed as computational psychology and computational philosophy

• In fact: it's both—a 2-way street

• My preferred definition:
  • A better name for AI is: computational cognition
  • Computational cognition is the branch of computer science (working with other disciplines) that tries to answer the question:
    • How much of cognition is computable?

• For more definitions, see Some Definitions of Artificial Intelligence