Understand
Many artificial intelligence (AI) problems naturally map to NP-hard optimization problems.
- This has the interesting consequence that enabling human-level capability in machines often requires systems that can handle formally intractable problems.
- This issue can sometimes (but possibly not always) be resolved by building special-purpose heuristic algorithms, tailored to the problem in question.
- Because of the continued difficulties in automating certain tasks that are natural for humans, there remains a strong motivation for AI researchers to investigate and apply new algorithms and techniques to hard AI problems.
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