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Not long after the word “robot” was coined, the New York Times ran an article titled “Will Machines Devour Man?” A century later, AI is getting us closer to the answer. So now would be a good time to test your knowledge of the revolutionary technology in this month's quiz. By Charles Pappas

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1. _____ is considered one of the “Fathers of Artificial Intelligence.”

a. John McCarthy
b. Miles Dyson
c. Elon Musk

2. The name for the step-by-step rules that teach computers how to figure things out on their own is: _____.

a. Formula
b. Algorithm
c. Method

3. Introduced in 2011, _____ was one of the first widely recognized AI virtual assistants.

a. Alexa
b. Microsoft Bob
c. Siri

4. AIs understand and communicate with human language using _____.

a. Organic Linguistic Processing
b. Natural Semantic Processing
c. Natural Language Processing

5. _____ vehicles don't need a human inside them to operate.

a. Autonomous
b. Independent
c. Sovereign

6. The mysterious phenomenon known as _____ describes when humans can't understand how an AI reached some kind of advanced idea or insightful conclusion.

a. Magic Box Learning
b. Black Box Learning
c. Pandora's Box Learning

7.A _____ is software that mimics human conversation through text or voice commands.

a. Voice Box
b. Chatbot
d. Speak & Spell

8. When an AI system displays unpredictable capabilities, it's called _____.

a. Disorderly Conduct
b. Behavioral Disorder
c. Emergent Behavior

9. The term ______ describes AIs that create original content — such as texts or illustrations — based on data and patterns it was trained on.

a. Creative AI
b. Synthetic AI
c. Generative AI

10. Evaluating an AI's ability to exhibit or mimic intelligent behavior is known as the _____.

a. Turing Test
b. Crash Test
c. Beta Test

11. In the “Terminator” franchise, _____ becomes self-aware and initiates a nuclear war.

a. The Matrix
b. Skynet
c. Ultron

12. The term for AI systems that can perform a wide variety of tasks similar to human intelligence are known as _____.

a. Narrow AI
b. General AI
c. Super AI

13. The robot known as _____ was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia.

a. RoboCop
b. T-1000
c. Sophia

14. When AIs spew inaccurate or nonsensical information due to errors in their training or processing abilities, it's commonly referred to as a _____.

a. Mirage
b. Hallucination
c. Delusion