What is AI?

Artificial intelligence is the simulatinon of human brain intelligence via hard- & software. There exists different kinds of ai systems, f.e. for natural language processing, speech recognition, object detection, automation, machine learning, machine vision, self driving cars and, of course, also for detecting cyber attacks from hackers (and there exist a lot more).

To get a good ai system you train a network of artificial neurons, usually with several layers, to then get an network that can reach your goal better then classic software, in best case as good a human/natural brain.

With your created neural network and your defined goals you train your networks, usally millions and millions of times, to get as result an ai that can detect your goal within a second. So do we train our ai to detect cyber attacks and also other kind of anomalies in network traffic to find those who want to harm our customers.

We differentiate between 4 types of artificial intelligence:

• Type 1: Reactive machines. These AI systems have no memory and are task specific. An example is Deep Blue, the IBM chess program that beat Garry Kasparov in the 1990s. Deep Blue can identify pieces on the chessboard and make predictions, but because it has no memory, it cannot use past experiences to inform future ones.
  
  
• Type 2: Limited memory. These AI systems have memory, so they can use past experiences to inform future decisions. Some of the decision-making functions in self-driving cars are designed this way.
  
  
• Type 3: Theory of mind. Theory of mind is a psychology term. When applied to AI, it means that the system would have the social intelligence to understand emotions. This type of AI will be able to infer human intentions and predict behavior, a necessary skill for AI systems to become integral members of human teams.
  
  
• Type 4: Self-awareness. In this category, AI systems have a sense of self, which gives them consciousness. Machines with self-awareness understand their own current state. This type of AI does not yet exist.