AI

¹

or A.I.

[ ey-ahy ]

noun

1. artificial intelligence:
   1. the ability of a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making, such as recognizing speech and answering questions:

      The researchers used AI to detect patterns in patients' health data.

   2. a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making, such as recognizing speech and answering questions:

      Help train an AI in London that needs your help in understanding the world.

   3. the branch of computer science involved with the design of computers, robots, programmed devices, and software applications able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making:

      Many of our students have gone on to produce important, high-profile research in AI.

adjective

1. relating to or produced with the aid of a computer, robot, programmed device, or software application able to perform operations and tasks analogous to human learning and decision making:

   Growing demand for AI engineers requires more training programs.

   Fully integrating AI output into our work poses numerous challenges, despite the labor it promises to eventually save.

ai

²

[ ah-ee ]

noun

, plural a·is [ah, -eez].

1. a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.

AI

³

or A.I.

abbreviation for

1. Amnesty International ( def ).
2. army intelligence ( def ).
3. artificial insemination ( def ).

ai

⁴

[ ahy ]

interjection

1. (used as an utterance of pity, pain, anguish, etc.)

ai

¹

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

1. See sloth
   the three-toed sloth See sloth

ai

²

the internet domain name for

1. Anguilla

AI

³

abbreviation for

1. artificial insemination
2. artificial intelligence

AI

1. Abbreviation of artificial insemination
2. Abbreviation of artificial intelligence

Word History and Origins

Origin of AI¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Origin of AI²

First recorded in 1685–95; from Portuguese aí, from Tupi a'í, probably of imitative origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of AI¹

C17: from Portuguese, from Tupi

Example Sentences

Nonetheless, researchers believe that the techniques used to create GPT-3 could contain the secret to more advanced AI.

From MIT Technology Review

The explosive successes of AI in the last decade or so are typically chalked up to lots of data and lots of computing power.

From MIT Technology Review

If an AI detects cancer in an image, you can zoom in to the area that the model looks at when it makes the prediction.

From MIT Technology Review

In other words, his AI can touch up images of bad neighborhoods so that they look like good ones.

From MIT Technology Review

It is building an AI that reads every page on the entire public web, in multiple languages, and extracts as many facts from those pages as it can.

From MIT Technology Review

That ride or die act we have been fooling the world with obviously ain't working.

From The Daily Beast

So why did they shut down an online shop selling t-shirts in support of Ai Weiwei?

From The Daily Beast

"Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go," Springsteen sings before launching into the "Born in the U.S.A." chorus in repetition.

From The Daily Beast

Across China, there are red banners printed with white fonts that say ai guo—love your country, be patriotic.

From The Daily Beast

The Chinese government detained Ai, an outspoken critic, for 81 days in 2011 on charges of tax evasion.

From The Daily Beast

I don't care, it ain't nice, and I wonder aunt brought us to such a place.

From Project Gutenberg

I don't want ter see ennybody put upon, nor noways sufferin', ef so be's I kin help; but thet ain't ennythin' stronary, ez I know.

From Project Gutenberg

"I supposed you 'adn't, as 'e ain't 'ere, with yer ma," replied the young person.

From Project Gutenberg

I ain't a gwine ter back daown naow; but I dew jest wish Jeff Hyer wuz along.

From Project Gutenberg

They ain't noways dumb to each other, I notice; an' we air dumb aourselves when we air ketched with furriners.

From Project Gutenberg

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