This document provides an overview of artificial intelligence (AI), including its history, applications, and future. It discusses early developments in AI research from the 1940s-1980s and a subsequent "AI winter". Current applications of AI discussed include expert systems, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and automatic programming. The future of AI is debated, with possibilities including more sophisticated AI assistants and robots, or potential issues if AI systems become too intelligent or fall into the wrong hands. The document concludes with examples of AI in daily life through personal assistants and video game AI.