AI

1

or A.I.

[ ey-ahy ]

noun, abbreviation
  1. artificial intelligence:

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

Origin of AI

1
First recorded in 1960–65

Words Nearby AI

Other definitions for AI (2 of 4)

AI2

Other definitions for ai (3 of 4)

ai1
[ ah-ee ]

noun,plural a·is [ah-eez]. /ˈɑ iz/.
  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.

Origin of ai

3
First recorded in 1685–95; from Portuguese aí, from Tupi a'í, probably of imitative origin

Other definitions for ai (4 of 4)

ai2
[ ahy ]

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use ai in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for AI (1 of 3)

AI

abbreviation for
  1. artificial insemination

  2. artificial intelligence

British Dictionary definitions for ai (2 of 3)

ai1

/ (ˈɑːɪ) /


nounplural ais
  1. the three-toed sloth: See sloth (def. 1)

Origin of ai

2
C17: from Portuguese, from Tupi

British Dictionary definitions for ai (3 of 3)

ai2

the internet domain name for
  1. Anguilla

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for AI

AI

  1. Abbreviation of artificial insemination

  2. Abbreviation of artificial intelligence

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.