When a lot of people hear “AI”, they might be thinking of the kind of AI you might see in the movies where sentient machines are performing complex, independent & creative thinking and strategizing, solving advanced tasks well beyond what humans instructed them to do. This is called “general (or strong) AI”. General AI does not yet exist. The AI implemented in thee world right now is “narrow AI”. Within narrow AI, machines perform a limited set of tasks (or even a single task), falling within the bounds of what it was designed to do. These machines should be considered “somewhat intelligent” as the machines are only emulating some of the mechanisms involved in true intelligence. Today’s version of AI is still immensely powerful and is actively changing the landscape of our society.