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AI: Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, and ChatGPT (Library Resources)

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to a broad branch of computer science focused on creating systems capable of simulating the human capacity for learning and dynamic, real-time problem-solving based on firsthand observations, inferences, and interactions with their surroundings. Most functional AI in use as of the early 2020s is built on massive, human-generated data sets and algorithms, which are complex sets of instructions and calculations computer systems use to carry out procedures or complete tasks.  (More)

"Artificial Intelligence." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999273/GPS?u=lincclin_pbcc&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=5852256b. Accessed 25 July 2023.

What Is Artificial Intelligence? (1:40)

"What Is Artificial Intelligence?" YouTube, uploaded by Duke University, 13 Apr. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0m6yaGlZh4&t=14s. Accessed 27 July 2023.

The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up? (7:29)

"The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up?" YouTube, uploaded by Bloomberg Law, 30 May 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCfasjTWvY&t=440s. Accessed 27 July 2023.