Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Artificial intelligence (artificial intelligenc e, AI) is a theory, a method, a technology, or anapplication system that simula tes, extends, and expands human intelligence by using a digital computeror a ma chine controlled by a digital computer, to perceive an environment, obtain knowl edge, andachieve an optimal result based on the knowledge. In other words, arti ficial intelligence is a branch ofcomputer science, and is intended to understa nd the essence of intelligence and produce a new intelligentmachine that can re act in a manner similar to human intelligence. Artificial intelligence is to stu dydesign principles and implementation methods of various intelligent machines, so that the machines haveperception, inference, and decision-making functions.