AI Basics
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What are The Autobots!
Bots that take over repetitive digital tasks so humans don’t have to copy-paste forever.
What is robotic process automation (RPA)?
This music app predicts what you’ll listen to next, even before you know it.
What is Spotify?
This happens when your out-of-office email sends itself…on repeat…forever.
What is an automation fail?
Rosie the robot maid made chores look easy in this 1960s cartoon.
What is The Jetsons?
The process where computers “learn” from data without being directly programmed.
What is machine learning?
The idea of combining AI and automation to handle whole business processes end-to-end.
What is hyperautomation?
This assistant can set alarms, tell jokes, and occasionally misunderstand you completely.
What is Siri or Alexa?
When your smart coffee machine brews at 2 a.m. because you forgot to set the timezone.
What is human error in automation?
In this Pixar movie, humans rely on automation for everything while floating around in space chairs.
What is WALL-E?
The branch of AI that lets machines “see” and recognize faces, cats, and occasionally loaves of bread.
What is computer vision?
This real-life automation cleans your house while your pet rides on it.
What is a Roomba (robot vacuum)?
This AI tool can create realistic pictures or art from a text description.
What is generative AI?
Your chatbot tries to be helpful but ends up suggesting a birthday wish to your boss every Monday.
What is a chatbot gone wrong?
This movie features a global defense system called Skynet…that doesn’t end well.
What is The Terminator?
This famous test, created in the 1950s, checks if a machine can mimic human conversation.
What is the Turing Test?
This kind of automation adjusts airline ticket or hotel prices based on demand.
What is dynamic pricing automation?
AI makes your news feed addictive by doing this—showing you what you’re most likely to click.
What is personalization?
The moment when predictive text tries to finish your sentence—and says something embarrassing.
What is predictive text fail?
The AI system that beat chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
What is IBM’s Deep Blue?
This type of AI is great at doing one thing well, like recommending your next binge-watch.
What is narrow AI?
The futuristic automation that handles supply, HR, IT tickets, and finance all at once (and hopefully doesn’t quit).
What is intelligent automation?
The technology that helps cars “see” the road and make split-second driving decisions.
What is autonomous navigation (or self-driving car AI)?
Automating everything without testing, leading to chaos, panic, and lots of “reply alls.”
What is hyperautomation gone rogue?
The satirical book where automated doors and machines have more personality than most humans.
What is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?