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Glossary of Artificial Intelligence Terms for Educators

“This glossary was written for educators, from the Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Sciences, CIRCLS, to reference when learning about and using artificial intelligence (AI).” This glossary was last updated on March 31, 2024.

The first defined word is AI, see example below.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI is a branch of computer science. AI systems use hardware, algorithms, and data to create “intelligence” to do things like make decisions, discover patterns, and perform some sort of action. AI is a general term and there are more specific terms used in the field of AI. AI systems can be built in different ways, two of the primary ways are: (1) through the use of rules provided by a human (rule-based systems); or (2) with machine learning algorithms. Many newer AI systems use machine learning (see definition of machine learning below).

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