Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Lugano. Construction site. Street art work commissioned on topic: "Creative Freedom" by USi (Università della Svizzera italiana) and SUPSI (Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana) on the construction's walls on the new campus which will be open in the autumn of 2020. Written words in italian language: Intelligenza Artificiale (Artificial intelligence). In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals. Computer science defines AI research as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals. More specifically AI can be defined as “a system’s ability to correctly interpret external data, to learn from such data, and to use those learnings to achieve specific goals and tasks through flexible adaptation”. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is used to describe machines that mimic "cognitive" functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as "learning" and "problem solving". 22.03.2019 © 2019 Didier Ruef