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Activation Function

A mathematical equation within a neuron that determines its output by processing the weighted sum...

AI and Knowledge Worker Productivity

Studies suggest knowledge workers using generative AI for tasks "inside the frontier" of AI capabilities...

AI as Waves

Artificial intelligence is described as a massive set of waves that are upon us, suggesting...

AI Compute

In AI context, often used as a noun referring to the amount or existence of...

AI Effect (AI Paradox)

A phenomenon stating that once a problem thought to require intelligence is solved by a...

AI Literacy

AI literacy is the ability to recognise, grasp, use, and critically assess artificial intelligence technologies...

AI Winter

A period of decreasing interest and funding in AI research and work. Characterised by a...

AlexNet

An eight-layer neural network created by Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever, and Geoffrey Hinton. It won...

Algorithmic Bias (Bias and Fairness)

Consistent, systematic errors in AI systems creating unfair outcomes by unjustly favoring one group. Stems...

Alignment Problem

The challenge of ensuring that the goals of an AI system are aligned with human...

AlphaGo

Developed by Google DeepMind. Defeated world Go champion Lee Sedol in 2016 using deep neural...

Ancient Myths

Since ancient times, humans have been fascinated by the idea of intelligent machines, exemplified by...

Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT)

OpenAI's ChatGPT (GPT-4) defined AI as referring "to the simulation of human intelligence in machines...

Artificial Intelligence (McCarthy)

Defined by John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955, as "the science and engineering...

Artificial Intelligence (Oxford)

The Oxford English Dictionary defines "artificial intelligence" as "The capacity of computers or other machines...

Artificial Intelligence (US Congress)

The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 defined "artificial intelligence" as "a machine-based system...

Artificial Neuron

A computational model inspired by biological neurons. Receives digital inputs, multiplies by weights, sums them...

Ascent of Neural Networks

While present from the beginning (Dartmouth workshop), neural networks fell out of favour, but research...

Automation (Home)

AI is used to automate household chores and tasks (e.g., robot vacuums, automated dishwashing) and...

Automation (Workplace)

AI is used to automate tedious, repetitive tasks and business processes (e.g., document processing, legal...

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