What is artificial intelligence?
Software that produces useful output from messy input without being given explicit rules for every case. In practice, when someone says AI today they almost always mean a large language model.
Also called AI.
In one sentence
Software that produces useful output from messy input without being given explicit rules for every case.
Why it matters to a business
The word covers everything from a spam filter to a chatbot, so it is nearly useless in a procurement conversation. Ask which specific technique is being proposed and what it does when it is wrong.
AI vs plain code
Deterministic logic gives the same answer every time and you can read the rule that produced it. AI handles input you could not write a rule for. Most things proposed as AI are better as a rule, and the rule is cheaper to run and possible to audit.
What is deterministic logic, and when does it beat AI?
Every term here was explained to us once, too. Asking is how you learn it.
Artificial intelligence, in questions
The same answer, in the shape people ask it.
What is artificial intelligence?
Software that produces useful output from messy input without being given explicit rules for every case. In practice, when someone says AI today they almost always mean a large language model.
Why does Artificial intelligence matter to a business?
The word covers everything from a spam filter to a chatbot, so it is nearly useless in a procurement conversation. Ask which specific technique is being proposed and what it does when it is wrong.
AI vs plain code: what is the difference?
Deterministic logic gives the same answer every time and you can read the rule that produced it. AI handles input you could not write a rule for. Most things proposed as AI are better as a rule, and the rule is cheaper to run and possible to audit.
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