Artificial Intelligence
(AI)
Software systems that simulate human intelligence, including the ability to learn.
A "General AI" would be indistinguishable from a human in remote communication. This has not been achieved.
More limited AI is common, though. These systems usually have a very narrow focus or set of abilities. They may be marketed as "AI", but for most, the more accurate term is Machine Learning (ML).
See: Machine Learning
More advanced "AI" that is human-like is trained on very large sets of data. These Large Language Models (LLMs) can answer natural-language questions with detailed answers. The responses can even be whole documents, computer code, images, or video.
Some are "multi-modal", meaning they can accept one or more types of input and/or output. For example, a sketch and a text description input might return a realistic-looking image as output. Or a photo and text question might return a detailed explanation.
Last updated Oct 28, 2024 by Rich Brome
Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.
