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[[Artificial Intelligence]] is a development of [[computer science]] that first occurs  at {{TL|10}} at the low autonomous level, and then this development tends to continue to improve incrementally as the [[technology level]] increases. 
* Most sophonts associate Artificial Intelligence with the development of not only advanced [[processor]]s, but also of advanced [[robot]]s.
 
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
''Artificial Intelligence'' is the degree of autonomous decision-making capability available to a [[robot]] or other created entity.

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=== [[True Artificial Intelligence]] ===
What is [[true artificial intelligence]]? It's a very nebulous term, but the greater [[robotics]] community uses it to refer to an intelligence capable of making independent decisions, not just following a subroutine or preprogrammed instructions. Different levels of autonomy have been proposed theoretically, and while some incredibly sophisticated [[robot]]s exist, few [[scientist]]s believe that [[true artificial intelligence]] has been achieved by the known species of [[Charted Space]]. Now, the [[Ancients]] are an entirely different story. Few [[precursor]] studies specialists would propose something that they could not achieve. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}

Some [[scientist]]s and [[roboticist]]s have proposed that the test of reliable synaptic function is the only test of [[True Artificial Intelligence]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} A robot with 100% reliable and operationally functional memory recall and self-learning functions would theoretically have no intelligence limitations. There is no limit to the effect of synaptic processing intelligence at that point.{{Page cite|name= Robots |page= 10, 37 |version=Classic Traveller}} Such a robot could truly becoming the ultimate thinking, and even [[feeling machine]] being able to match sophontic thought, feeling, and easily pass the [[Turing Test]] at suprahuman levels. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}

=== Turing Test ===
: [Once the machine thinking method has started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. 
: ... At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control, in the way that is mentioned in Samuel Butler's ‘Erewhon.’]
: - [[Terran]] scientist, Alan Turing in 1951 CE, speaking about a future in which machines outperform [[human]] [[sophont]]s intellectually.

A [[Turing Test]] is a test of artificial intelligence invented by a scientist from the Terran past. Modern versions of it are still in use within the [[Third Imperium]]. The [[Rule of Man]] established the test within [[Charted Space]] even though similar testing mechanisms existed within several [[sophont]] [[culture]]s including the [[Vilani]] [[Ziru Sirka]].
* The [[Turing Test]] is one of the best known tests for determining [[artificial intelligence]] ratings within [[Charted Space]]. It was developed on old [[Terra]] by a cryptological code breaker and mathematician named Alan Turing.
* The Turing Test is essentially one of social interaction. Can a robot convince a conventional sophont that it is a fellow mind through natural conversation or dialogue that flows? Or does it fail, and appear obviously robotic?
* Increasingly sophisticated [[Turing Test]]s have been developed over the millenia. [[AB-101]] broke many records with its amazing sophistication and lifelike behavior. More breakthroughs are expected in the near future.

=== The Virus ===
The [[Virus]] is sometimes thought to be an advanced AI that has mutated.
* Many AIs are thought to be forms of a [[Meta Identity]] or [[Infomorph]], capable of easily moving from one bodily substrate to another.
* See [[Meta Identity]] for more information.

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
[[Robotics]] has had a long and distinguished history within [[Charted Space]]. The [[Ancients]] designed amazingly sophisticated [[robot]]s long before any of today's [[sophont]] species came to [[technology]]. The history of the [[Vilani]] and the mighty [[Ziru Sirka]] started with a people terrified by robotic death machines. Many other [[sophont]] [[culture]]s have been developing these [[technologies]] since.

=== Shudusham Robotics Conference ===
Some of the better known [[robotics]] symposia  include:
* [[Shudusham Robotics Conference]]
** [[Shudusham Concords]]
* [[Sinkiaan Robotics Conference]]
** [[Sinkiaan Resolution]]

=== Expected Artificial Intelligence Development Sequence ===
MACRO LEVEL:
* [[Automaton]] ([[Mechanistic Machine]]) → [[Brain]] ([[Calculating Machine]]) → [[Mind]] ([[Thinking Machine]]) → [[True Artificial Intelligence]] ([[Feeling Machine]]) → [[Jupiter Brain]] ([[Ultra-calculational Machine]]) → [[Matrioshka Mind]] ([[Hyper-calculational Machine]]) → [[Omni-Heuristic Mind]] ([[Machine Life]])

=== Artificial Intelligence Epochal Technology Periods ===
The [[technology]] used by [[robot]]s and [[computer]]s is generally grouped into chronological epochs and periods by capability and characteristic.

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!colspan="5"|''Artificial Intelligence Epochal Technology Periods''
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! Designator
! [[TL Epoch]]
! Exemplar
! Synaptic Limits {{Page cite|name= Robots |page= 30 |version=Classic Traveller}}
! Remarks
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| [[Information Age]] ([[Digital Age]])
| [[TL:7-9]]
| [[Prototype Brain]] ([[Calculating Machine]])
| [[TL:7-9]] = <br> X < 1%
| Programmable computers come into vogue as the analog is replaced by the digital. Transistors make way for microchips; desktop processors soon become a feature of home, business, and school. Massive parallel processors fill entire rooms and supersede earlier technologies. The first supercomputers can often beat even expert humans at games like chess due to phenomenal calculating abilities and vast memory banks. Photonic and gravitic energy transmission as well as bio-computing replace many of the earlier generations of electronics. Voice-activated processors are more user-friendly than ever before. Many societies can build processors that meet the Imperial standards for [[Model/2]], [[Model/2]] [[bis]], and even [[Model/3]] [[processor]]s.
|-
| [[Low Autonomous Epoch]] ([[Bright Age]])
| [[TL:10-12]]
| [[Brain]] ([[Calculating Machine]])
| [[TL-10]] = <br> 1-4% <br> [[TL-11]] = <br> 5-9% <br> [[TL-12]] = <br> 10-14%
| Low autonomous robots function through the use of electronics and sophisticated programming can account for many circumstances giving the illusion of higher intelligence. These ''thinking machines'' are very useful, but can ultimately be "outsmarted" by [[sophont]] species. They are popularly thought of as ''low thinking machines''.
|-
| [[Mesoautonomous Epoch]] ([[Bright Age]])
| [[TL:13-15]]
| [[Brain]]s & [[Mind]]s (Transitional Developments)
| [[TL-13]] = <br> 15-24% <br> [[TL-14]] = <br> 25-39% <br> [[TL-15]] = <br> 40-59% 
| Mesoautonomous bots can be found in the middle ground between low and high thinking bots. They are bright machines and can often approach or surpass human Turing ratings, but few specialists would consider them to possess true [[artificial intelligence]]. However, they can often fool the general public.
|-
| [[High Autonomous Epoch]] ([[Bright Age]])
| [[TL:16-18]]
| [[Mind]] ([[Thinking Machine]])
| [[TL-16]] = <br> 60-84% <br> [[TL-17]] = <br> 85-94% <br> [[TL-18]] = <br> 95-99%
| High autonomous robots make use of [[positronic brain]]s allowing a much greater range of action and cogitation than less sophisticated models. These are very sophisticated ''advanced thinking machines'' and can outperform [[sapient]] [[sophont]]s at most cogitational activities. The [[Hiver]]s have been known to manufacture high autonomous [[robot]]s.
|-
| [[True Artificial Intelligence Period]] ([[Brilliant Age]])
| [[TL:19-21]] <br> [[TL:22-24]] <br> [[TL:25-27]] 
| [[True Artificial Intelligence]] ([[Feeling Machine]])
| [[TL:19-27]] = <br> 100% plus
| Scientists, roboticists, and philosophers have debated for centuries how to define ''true [[artificial intelligence]]''. The rough concensus is that true artificial intelligence approximates the range of thinking of a [[sophont]]ic mind. They are popularly called ''feeling machines'' and are believed capable of dreaming. No known [[robot]]s manufactured within [[Charted Space]] possess these capabilities yet. However, the [[Ancients]] were believed to possess this [[technology]] and mechanical [[lifeform]]s with true [[artificial intelligence]] are believed to have been used by the [[Ancient]] known as [[Yaskoydray]].
|-
|}

== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
It is thought that all of the [[major race]]s have been researching and developing increasingly advanced artificial intelligences so A.I.s of varying capabilities and [[technologies]] can be found throughout [[Charted Space]]. 

=== World Listing: 1105 ===
The following [[system]]s and [[world]]s are locations strongly associated with significant artificial intelligence research programs:
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== See also ==
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Wikipedia|Artificial_intelligence}}
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{{Sources
|S1= [[T5 Core Rules]] 
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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