- Dr. S. Vijay Kumar Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. It is a subset of computer science that focuses on machine-driven intelligence (i.e., non-human intelligence). John McCarthy coined the term 'artificial intelligence’ in 1956. He defined it as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines” . The Study of Artificial Intelligence is one of the currently emerging fields. As technology advances, previous b...