Artificial Intelligence(AI)
“Artificial Intelligence” is a rather loose concept used in various
ways. As a sub-discipline of computer science, AI aims to artificially
implement human intellectual capabilities such as learning,
reasoning, and perception. It can also refer to the systems
implemented for this purpose, or the methodologies used for their
implementation.
In the Korean Artificial Intelligence Framework Act, set to take
effect in January 2026, AI is defined as follows:
・ Artificial Intelligence : The electronic implementation of
human intellectual capabilities such as learning, reasoning,
perception, judgment, and language comprehension.
・ Artificial Intelligence System : An AI-based system that possesses
various levels of autonomy and adaptability, and infers outcomes
such as predictions, recommendations, and decisions that
affect real and virtual environments for a given objective.
AI as we discuss it in everyday conversation usually refers to an
individually implemented system (e.g., ChatGPT) or the field of
AI technology as a whole. While the term artificial intelligence
commonly refers to generative AI technology nowadays, nongenerative machine learning technologies, such as recommendation
systems or hiring algorithms, are also included under AI. Conversely,
finding the optimal route on a map was once a significant challenge
in the field of AI, but today, few people would refer to the directions
feature of a map application as artificial intelligence. Thus, what
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