Q1. Can you give both an operational and a philosophical definition of AI? A1.Operational artificial intelligence, or operational AI, is a type of intelligent system designed for real-world applications, particularly at commercial scale. The philosophy of artificial intelligence is a collection of issues primarily concerned with whether or not AI is possible -- with whether or not it is possible to build an intelligent thinking machine. Q2. Can you name at least three different techniques or sub-fields of AI? A2. 1- robotics 2- expert systems 3- planning 4 - machine learning Q3. AI has been around since about 70 years so far. Why is it booming right now? A3. One of the reasons AI is booming now is because back then they didn’t have computers of sufficient power and in this day we are generating way more data which leads us to better algorithm development. Q4. Can you name at least three application sectors where robots are being largely employed? What are the reasons? A4. 1-Military 2 - Health Care 3. Agriculture Robotics are being used here to increase productivity and efficiency whilst lowering production costs. Q5.Can you identify three potential challenges for a wheeled autonomous robot that would perform a 24h surveillance task in a large facility? A5. 1 - Despite autonomous robot capabilities in term of object recognition and navigation, they have zero ability to react to unforeseen events. 2 - Their machines are not necessarily immune to malfunctions which means it could break down. 3- these robots will require information of the facilities which could take time.