Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (also known as machine intelligence and often abbreviated as AI) is intelligence exhibited by any manufactured (i.e. ) system. The term is often applied to general purpose computers and also in the field of scientific investigation into the theory and practical application of AI. "AI" the term is often used in works of science fiction to refer to that which exhibits artificial intelligence as well, as in "the AI" referring to a singular discrete or distributed mechanism.

AI research in various countries

AI research is carried out all over the world, often in national universities and laboratories.

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Universities - Laboratories

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United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the most noted universities for AI research are Edinburgh and Sussex, although AI-related research activities can be found in most universities in the country. Since the publication of the Lighthill report, UK funding for AI has dried up, although research continues under more politically-acceptable headings such as "Informatics", "Information Engineering" and "Inference". Microsoft runs a large AI research group in Cambridge, which works closely with Cambridge University. HP Labs in Bristol, BT in Ipswich, and various government defence agencies also research AI applications.

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United Kingdom - Edinburgh - Sussex - Lighthill report - Microsoft - Cambridge - Cambridge University - HP - Bristol - BT - Ipswich

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