Artificial Intelligence — Questions and answers

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Who was the brilliant British mathematician who envisioned machines that could have smart conversations in the 1940s?

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  1. Dr. Alan Turing ✓
  2. John McCarthy
  3. Norbert Wiener
  4. Frank Rosenblatt

Answer: Dr. Alan Turing

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Before Artificial Intelligence, who was responsible for complex tasks like math and military plans?

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  1. Advanced robots
  2. Human experts ✓
  3. Special calculators
  4. Automated systems

Answer: Human experts

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What was one of the big goals John McCarthy wrote down for making machines smarter in 1955?

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  1. To make machines only do simple math.
  2. To make machines cook food.
  3. To make machines solve problems usually only solved by humans. ✓
  4. To make machines tell funny jokes.

Answer: To make machines solve problems usually only solved by humans.

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Where was the term 'Artificial Intelligence' officially created?

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  1. At a school science fair
  2. At the Dartmouth Summer Research Project ✓
  3. In a secret laboratory
  4. During a TV show

Answer: At the Dartmouth Summer Research Project

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What was special about the 'Perceptron' introduced by Frank Rosenblatt?

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  1. It was programmed with many specific rules.
  2. It could only solve simple arithmetic problems.
  3. It could learn from information and get better without being reprogrammed. ✓
  4. It was a very fast calculator that never made mistakes.

Answer: It could learn from information and get better without being reprogrammed.

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What was a major problem with early Perceptrons that caused a period of reduced AI research?

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  1. They were too big to fit in computers.
  2. They used too much electricity.
  3. They couldn't solve simple non-linear problems. ✓
  4. They made too much noise.

Answer: They couldn't solve simple non-linear problems.

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What kind of AI systems became popular in the 1980s by putting human expert knowledge into rules?

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  1. Robot companions
  2. Self-driving cars
  3. Expert systems ✓
  4. Talking toys

Answer: Expert systems

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What helped neural networks become popular again during the 'Deep Learning Revolution'?

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  1. Less powerful computers
  2. More computational power and large amounts of data ✓
  3. Fewer people interested in computers
  4. Simpler games to play

Answer: More computational power and large amounts of data

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What is one way Artificial Intelligence is used in our lives today?

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  1. To make houses out of candy.
  2. To power search engines and personal assistants. ✓
  3. To teach animals how to read.
  4. To build giant robots that clean the ocean.

Answer: To power search engines and personal assistants.

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