Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field of computer science that creates systems capable of performing tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, pattern recognition, problem-solving, and decision-making. AI can be useful in several fields, including healthcare, transportation, security, and entertainment, improving and streamlining processes.

Before AI, machines followed pre-programmed instructions to perform specific tasks and lacked the ability to learn or adapt to new situations. With the development of AI, machines or systems equipped with this technology have begun to replicate human thinking, processing information, and learning from experience.

Artificial intelligence in education can be a tool to make the learning process more personalized and inclusive. Through STEM projects, for example, it is possible to create prototypes for real-time translation between sign language and spoken language.

There are different types of artificial intelligence, including weak AI, designed to perform a specific task, such as virtual assistants or streaming platform recommendation systems; and strong AI, which is still theoretical (does not yet exist in reality) and is expected to have the full capacity of human intelligence, even demonstrating creativity and common sense.

Among the main techniques used in artificial intelligence today are machine learning, where systems learn from data and can adjust their behavior without needing to be programmed; and neural networks, which mimic the functioning of human neurons, enabling AI to recognize complex patterns, such as images, sounds, or language.