Question

Which generation is called the generation of artificial intelligence?

Answer 1

Boom 1980–1987. In the 1980s a form of AI program called "expert systems" was adopted by corporations around the world and knowledge became the focus of mainstream AI research. In those same years, the Japanese government aggressively funded AI with its fifth generation computerproject.

Answer 2

Unlike all other generation computers, present generation (fifth generation) of computers is characterized by the use of the technique used to reduce complex programming. This technique is known as Artificial Intelligence.

⇒ Characteristics of fifth generation (1989 - present) of computers :

• Portable and more powerful computers.
• Cheaper.
• Reliable.
• Easier to produce commercially.
• Easier to use desktop machines.
• Very powerful mainframes.
• Very high uptime due to hot - pluggable components.
• General purpose machines.

⇒ Examples of fifth generation of computers :

• IBM notebooks.
• Pentium PCs.
• SUN Workstations.
• IBM SP/2
• SGI Origin 2000.
• PARAM supercomputers.