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What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? Simply put, AI is like software that mimics the way humans think. It is neither equal to, nor better or worse than, human thinking, but even a crude imitation of the human way of thinking is good enough to make a big difference in real-world applications. Just, don't mistake it for real intelligence! Artificial intelligence is also known as machine learning, and the two terms are largely interchangeable - although they can be somewhat misleading. Can machines really learn? Can intelligence really be defined, or even artificially created? As it turns out, the field of artificial intelligence is less about answers than...