Author: Christiana Polycarpou

A lexicon for artificial intelligence

Algorithms The word is derived from the name of the ninth-century Persian mathematician, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, who introduced decimal numbers to the West. Today it means a series of instructions that must be executed automatically by a computer. Algorithms are at work in all areas, from search-engine queries and the selection of information suggested to internet users, to financial markets. Artificial life An interdisciplinary field of research that aims to create artificial systems inspired by living systems, in the form of computer programmes or robots. Augmented man A transhumanist* ideal, the augmented man is an individual who has...

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