The term is discussed in various disciplines from different perspectives. Due to the AI effect, the term is constantly evolving. Three definitions are given below:
Definition 1:
Capability of an engineered system to acquire, process and apply knowledge and skills (ISO/IEC 29119-11).
Definition 2:
Computerized system that uses cognition to understand information and solve problems (ISO/IEC 22989).
Definition 3:
Artificial intelligence refers to a set of technologies [...]
that, for a given set of human-defined objectives, generate outputs such as content, predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing the environments they interact with (European AI Act in draft 1).
AI-Act (Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act), Volltext auf Europa.eu ↩︎
ETSI GR ENI 004 computerized system that uses cognition to understand information and solve problems
NOTE 1: ISO/IEC 2382-28 defines AI as "an interdisciplinary field, usually regarded as a branch of computer science, dealing with models and systems for the performance of functions generally associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning and learning".
NOTE 2: In computer science AI research is defined as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions to achieve its goals.
NOTE 3: This includes pattern recognition and the application of machine learning and related techniques.
NOTE 4: Artificial Intelligence is the whole idea and concepts of machines being able to carry out tasks in a way that mimics the human intelligence and would be considered "smart".
ISO/IEC DIS 22989 set of methods or automated entities that together build, optimize and apply a model (3.1.26) so that the system can, for a given set of predefined tasks (3.1.37), compute predictions (3.2.12), recommendations, or decisions.
Note 1 to entry: AI systems are designed to operate with varying levels of automation (3.1.7).
Note 2 to entry: Predictions (3.2.12) can refer to various kinds of data analysis or production (including translating text, creating synthetic images or diagnosing a previous power failure). It does not imply anteriority. study of theories, mechanisms, developments and applications related to artificial intelligence (3.1.2).
ISO/IEC TR 29119-11:2020 capability of an engineered system to acquire, process and apply knowledge and skills
ISTQB - CTAI Syllabus The capability of an engineered system to acquire, process, create and apply knowledge and skills (ISO/IEC TR 29119-11)