What is GenAI?
The term AI is obnoxiously overused in today’s world. AI is used by laypersons to refer to almost anything. Up until recently, anything that was related to automation was considered AI. However, the terms have gotten a little more accurate as of late, and true AI is starting to be distinguishable from general automation. So, the first topic that we need to explore is what AI is!
What is AI?
The most accurate definition of AI is a program that can perform a task without being specifically programmed to do so. This means that though PLC-based systems are sometimes referred to as AI, they really don’t meet the qualifications of being AI. Automation systems, such as the theoretical ones explored in this book, must be programmed to do a certain task. For example, if you recall back to our color and shape sorter, we had to specifically program it to sort parts based on their shape and color. A true AI would be trained using data and a model to recognize...
