The term "Artificial Intelligence", henceforth shortened to "AI", is much older than generally assumed. It was first coined by computer scientist professor John McCarthy in 1955. He originally defined AI as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines." McCarthy was the same professor who initiated widely recognized research in the field of AI, thanks to early experiments with self-driving cars, decision-making models, and cloud computing. Essentially, AI is machines and computers capable of working and reacting to situations in the same, but preferably better, way than humans. What we're trying to achieve with AI is to recreate intelligence.