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AI evolution and applications
How artificial intelligence developed and where it is used today.
A short history
- Rule-based systems encoded human knowledge as explicit rules.
- Machine learning let systems improve from data instead of hand-written rules.
- Deep learning used layered neural networks to handle images, speech, and language.
- Generative AI produces text, images, and code from learned patterns.
Where AI is used
- Healthcare: imaging and diagnosis support.
- Transport: driver assistance and route planning.
- Manufacturing: quality inspection and predictive maintenance.
- Everyday software: search, recommendations, and assistants.
Check your understanding
- Contrast rule-based systems with machine learning.
- Give one AI application relevant to IoT.