"Artificial Intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men." (Marvin Minsky, Semantic Information Processing, M.I.T. Press, 1968, p. v.)

"Artificial intelligence (AI) may be defined as the branch of computer science that is concerned with the automation of intelligent behavior." (George Luger, Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving, Fourth Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2002, p. 1.)

"Artificial intelligence is that part of computer science concerned with designing intelligent computer systems, that is, systems that exhibit the characteristics we associate with intelligence in human behavior. (A. Barr and E. A. Feigenbaum, The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence: Volume II, William Kaufmann, Los Altos, CA., 1982.)

"Artificial intelligence is the study of mental faculties through the use of computational models." (Eugene Charniak and Drew McDermott, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Addison-Wesley, 1987, p. 6.)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the design and study of computer programs that behave intelligently. These programs are constructed to perform as would a human or an animal whose behavior we consider intelligent." (Thomas Dean, James Allen, and Yiannis Aloimonos, Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Practice, Benjamin/Cummings, 1995, p. 1.)

created 7 January 2007 last revised 9 January 2007

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