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The Fields of
Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,1IIT Bombay
 The field of AI is interdisciplinary in
nature
Cognitive Science
Computer Science
Language Science
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,2IIT Bombay
 Is artificial Intelligence a science or an
art?
 It is science.
 It is art.
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,3IIT Bombay
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The impact of AI on science and
technology
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It can solve some difficult problems in
chemistry, biology, geology,
engineering and medicine.
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It can manipulate robotic devices to
perform some useful, repetitive,
sensory-motor tasks.
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,4IIT Bombay
 Philosophical questions to AI
• What would the world be like if we had
intelligent machines?
• What would the existence of such machines
say about the nature of human beings and
their relation to the world around them?
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,5IIT Bombay
 The method of AI
• Narrow sense
• Wide sense
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,6IIT Bombay
 What machines can do
• Problem solving
• Natural language processing
• Machine vision
• Machine learning
Prof. Rajakishore Nath, Department of Humanities & Social Science,7IIT Bombay