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AI is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. It is related to the similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence, but AI does not have to confine itself to methods that are biologically observable. 
ref A special class of artificial intelligence is the spirothete which is a class of articial intelligence having the property of self-awareness.
See ArtificialLife and other InterestingMemes.