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Is it smart?

A phone can finish your sentence. A TV app can pick a show you might like. A speaker can answer a question out loud.

How do they do that? Nobody is hiding inside. These tools use something called . We say AI for short.

AI is a computer program that learns from examples. Then it makes a guess.

Think about it

Has a phone or tablet ever guessed what you wanted? What did it guess?

In this lesson you will find out what AI is. You will also learn what it is not.

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  1. How Netflix picks shows, from what you watched and rated (Netflix Help Center)