Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of machines to mimic human intelligence and behavior. The document outlines the history, goals, approaches, programming languages, applications, advantages, and disadvantages of AI. It discusses early pioneers like Tesla and Turing and milestones like Deep Blue beating Kasparov at chess in 1997. The goals of AI are to explain and reproduce human intellectual abilities to solve practical problems. Common approaches include symbolic, cognitive simulation, knowledge-based, and statistical methods. Popular programming languages are Python, Java, Lisp, C++ and Prolog. Applications span games, assistants, cars, customer support and more. Advantages include improving lives and decision making while disadvantages include costs, lack of creativity and