Artificial Intelligence: Test your familiarity with AI developments and applications

Questions

1. What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
   a) The simulation of human intelligence in machines
   b) The natural intelligence of animals
   c) A type of computer virus
   d) Human brain training software
2. Which of the following is a common application of AI?
   a) Spam email filtering
   b) Weather forecasting
   c) Autonomous vehicles
   d) All of the above
3. Who is often credited with coining the term “Artificial Intelligence”?
   a) Alan Turing
   b) John McCarthy
   c) Marvin Minsky
   d) Geoffrey Hinton
4. What is machine learning?
   a) Machines learning to play sports
   b) A subset of AI that enables machines to learn from data and improve over time
   c) Programming machines to perform tasks exactly as instructed
   d) The study of human learning processes
5. Which algorithm is commonly used in supervised machine learning?
   a) K-means clustering
   b) Linear regression
   c) Principal component analysis
   d) Genetic algorithms
6. What is a neural network inspired by?
   a) The internet
   b) The human brain
   c) Computer hardware architecture
   d) Biological cells
7. Which of the following is a challenge associated with AI development?
   a) Bias in training data
   b) High computational costs
   c) Lack of interpretability of models
   d) All of the above
8. What is “Natural Language Processing” (NLP)?
   a) AI techniques for understanding and generating human language
   b) A method for processing natural resources
   c) A hardware component for AI systems
   d) An AI system that processes images
9. Which famous AI program defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in chess?
   a) Deep Blue
   b) Watson
   c) AlphaGo
   d) Siri
10. What is the primary concern related to the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI)?
    a) It may outperform humans in all cognitive tasks
    b) It will replace all human jobs immediately
    c) It is too expensive to develop
    d) It has no practical applications

Answers

1. a) The simulation of human intelligence in machines
2. d) All of the above
3. b) John McCarthy
4. b) A subset of AI that enables machines to learn from data and improve over time
5. b) Linear regression
6. b) The human brain
7. d) All of the above
8. a) AI techniques for understanding and generating human language
9. a) Deep Blue
10. a) It may outperform humans in all cognitive tasks