The definition, turned into two questions. Answer them for anything that calls itself "AI" and you land in one of three boxes. Tap Yes / No to trace a path, or tap an outcome to see how you get there.
Question 1
Does the software do a task we once thought needed human intelligence? (recognise a face, understand a sentence, recommend a show)
No
Not AI
Ordinary software
A calculator or a set of if-then rules. Useful, but it isn't doing anything we'd call "intelligent."
Yes ↓
Question 2
Can it do any task a human can — and does it truly understand or want things?
No
Narrow AI · real today
A specialist, locked to one task
Chess engines, spam filters, cancer-scan readers, self-driving cars. Superhuman at one thing, helpless outside it. This is all of today's AI.
Yes ↓
General AI · science fiction
One mind that can do everything — and does not exist
A single system that handles any task, learns on its own, and genuinely understands and wants. This is the Hollywood picture. No such system exists today.
Tap Yes or No above to trace where a real system lands.