In artificial intelligence, what is an agent?
AnswerSomething that perceives its environment and acts toward goals
An AI agent takes in information through sensors and chooses actions to achieve its goals.
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The basics
What is a chatbot?
AnswerA program that converses with users in natural language
Chatbots use text or voice to hold conversations, answer questions or complete tasks.
Going deeper
In which year did Alan Turing propose what became known as the Turing test?
Answer1950
Turing described his 'imitation game' in a 1950 paper on whether machines can think.
A basic thermostat that switches heat on when a room is cold is a classic example of which kind of agent?
AnswerSimple reflex agent
Simple reflex agents act on the current input using condition-action rules, with no memory or learning.
In HTTP, what does the User-Agent header identify?
AnswerThe client software making the request
Browsers and bots send a User-Agent string describing the software acting on the user's behalf.
Expert level
In AI agent design, what does PEAS stand for?
AnswerPerformance, Environment, Actuators, Sensors
PEAS is a framework for specifying an agent's task: how it is judged, where it works and how it senses and acts.
The trade-off between exploration and exploitation is central to which area of AI?
AnswerReinforcement learning
An agent must balance trying new actions to learn against using actions it already knows work.
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