AI it's like a robot. It basically predicts what you're going to need next or gives answers to your questions based on millions of examples of conversations or images.
A really smart parrot who has learnt a lot of words and does not need to sleep.
It is a machine capable of taking any set of data (image, text, audio, etc.) and returning another, but in order for it to do so “correctly” and in a way that is useful to us, we first have to give it a lot of examples of what we want.
I would tell them “artificial intelligence is like a computer, and you can ask anything. If you have any questions, you can ask. If you want it to create a photo, it will create it for you. However you have to be careful with what it answers, since it won’t always be right”. This will show them what the capabilities of an AI are, but it will also show them that it is not a magical thing that knows everything.
My explanation would be something like this: Artificial intelligence (AI for short) is like a digital supporter; a smart helper on the computer or on other digital devices such as cell phones. In order to be able to help, the AI trains itself - it does this through examples that it searches for itself on the Internet. She analyzes them, i.e. takes a close look at the examples, but above all how these examples are solved. The AI recognizes patterns and remembers them. So when you ask an AI a question, it looks at all the examples it has already found on the internet and then gives these patterns as an answer. This is already so easy that not only can questions be answered, but also entire texts can be written or most languages can be translated. The AI can also now create music, pictures or presentations itself – so well that you almost don't recognize that it was created by an AI. How quickly a new song can now be composed, for example, was not possible at all a few years ago. But that's exactly why it's all the more important to always remember that AI can't really think for itself. It processes data only through training – this can be very useful for us, but you always have to decide for yourself whether what the AI writes is correct or useful. So always question the AI's answers.
Artificial intelligence is like a computer program that learns from experience and can thus understand things, make decisions and solve problems – almost as if it were thinking for itself a bit.
It works a bit like the brain and it can really help people who already know a lot, but it’s not as good for younger people. Even though it helps, if you use it too much, your brain might not practice thinking as much, so it’s important to use it carefully.
Imagine a really smart friend who has read every book and whom you can ask about anything and everything.
Artificial intelligence is like a smart computer helper that learns from information and helps people solve problems, answer questions, and create things.
