Canonical defined term
Artificial Intelligence
The academic, industrial, policy or statutory category covering systems that perform tasks associated with intelligence.
Plain-language definition
A broad external classification used differently across disciplines and jurisdictions.
The definition is intentionally bounded. It identifies the property or role under discussion without converting terminology into a claim of deployment, recognition, personhood, citizenship, sovereignty, or authority.
Technical definition
Within the K01 knowledge model, Artificial Intelligence is represented as a stable term object with code K01-TERM-001, canonical URL, claim status, topic owner, source links, related terms, last-reviewed date, research cutoff, and correction state. Relevant implementation components for the owning topic include source-specific term mapping; legal-definition registry; system classification; ambiguity notes; crosswalks to Machine Intelligence records.
Legal or policy use
Current statutes and standards commonly use Artificial Intelligence or AI as their operative term, so exact source language must be preserved in legal and standards analysis.
When a statute, regulation, standard, or external institution uses a different definition, that source-specific meaning controls the analysis of that source. The project definition is not silently substituted into current law.
What the term implies
The term implies that the stated property should be evaluated using the evidence appropriate to external terminology, regulatory categories, technical history and classification boundaries. It supports precise reference, comparison, data exchange, and correction across public prose and machine records.
What the term does not imply
It does not prove that every covered system is an instantiated, persistent Machine Intelligence or that machine cognition is unreal.
It also does not convert a valid signature, credential, database record, model hash, or website into factual truth or legal authority without additional evidence and a competent decision.
Commonly confused terms
Confusion is resolved by asking which property is actually at issue: technical control, continuity, evidence, authority, legal recognition, operation, or normative status.
Operational test
- Name the subject and purpose.
- Identify the source definition and jurisdiction or technical context.
- Collect evidence for the specific property.
- Record currentness and limitations.
- Route any governance, registry, assurance, or capital decision to the proper authority.
Related questions
Sources
- Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — NIST; AI RMF 1.0; Published voluntary framework; revision underway. Exact claim-support entries: 2. Revalidated 2026-08-14T22:04:09Z.
- European Union Artificial Intelligence Act information portal — European Commission; EU Artificial Intelligence Act implementation page, updated through 2026-08-14 research cutoff; Current law and official implementation guidance. Exact claim-support entries: 3. Revalidated 2026-08-14T22:04:09Z.
- OECD AI Principles — OECD; OECD AI Principles, May 2024 update; Intergovernmental policy principles. Exact claim-support entries: 1. Revalidated 2026-08-14T22:04:09Z.
Stable term code: K01-TERM-001. Last reviewed 2026-08-16.