Faking It: The Artificial in Artificial Intelligence

In an increasingly AI-driven world, renowned expert Toby Walsh examines what the 'artificial' in artificial intelligence truly means.

If you want to understand artificial intelligence, you will have to put aside your preconceptions. You will need to forget all those fanciful ideas Hollywood might have given you – especially the bits about humanoid robots. You aren’t, unfortunately, going to have a robot butler anytime soon. And robots aren’t likely to destroy humanity anytime soon either. W...