Ai
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AI, A.I., Ai, or ai may refer to:
Computers
- Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
, a branch of computer science - Ad impressionImpression (online media)An impression is a measure ofthe number of times an ad is displayed, whether it is clicked on or not.Each time an ad displays it is counted as one impression....
, in online advertising - .ai.ai.ai is the Internet country code top-level domain for Anguilla. It is administered by the government of Anguilla.Registrations within off.ai, com.ai, net.ai, and org.ai are available unrestrictedly, worldwide, but don't appear to be getting much use...
, the ISO Internet 2-letter country code (ccTLD) for Anguilla - Adobe IllustratorAdobe IllustratorAdobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. Illustrator is similar in scope, intended market, and functionality to its competitors, CorelDraw, Xara Designer Pro and Macromedia FreeHand....
, a vector-based drawing program by Adobe Systems- Adobe Illustrator ArtworkAdobe Illustrator ArtworkAdobe Illustrator Artwork is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing single-page vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats...
.ai file format, the native file format used by Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Illustrator Artwork
Science and technology
- Analog Input, a hardware input deviceInput deviceIn computing, an input device is any peripheral used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer or other information appliance...
that accepts an analog signal - Ai(x), the Airy functionAiry functionIn the physical sciences, the Airy function Ai is a special function named after the British astronomer George Biddell Airy...
, a special function in mathematics - Air interdictionAir interdictionAir interdiction is the use of aircraft to attack tactical ground targets that are not in close proximity to friendly ground forces. It differs from close air support because it does not directly support ground operations and is not closely coordinated with ground units...
, a military capability - Airborne interception, aircraft-carried interception radar
Organizations
- AI, IATA airline designator for Air IndiaAir IndiaAir India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is part of the government of India owned Air India Limited . The airline operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Its corporate office is located at the Air India Building at Nariman...
- Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, an international non-governmental human rights organization - The Art InstitutesThe Art Institutes-Fraud lawsuit:In August 2011 Education Management Corporation was investigated and sued by the United States Department of Justice and four states for illegal recruitment practices and fraudulent receipt of $11 billion in federal and state financial aid money....
, a system of educational institutions - Alexis I. duPont High SchoolAlexis I. duPont High SchoolAlexis I. duPont High School is a public high school located in Greenville, Delaware, USA, a suburb of Wilmington. It is one of three high schools in the Red Clay Consolidated School District. There were 1,481 students enrolled in the fall for the 2008-2009 school year.Founded in 1893, Alexis I...
, referred to as AI - Accuracy InternationalAccuracy InternationalAccuracy International is a specialist British firearms manufacturer based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England and best known for producing the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of precision sniper rifles...
, a sniper rifle manufacturer - Appraisal InstituteAppraisal InstituteThe Appraisal Institute is a global membership association of professional real estate appraisers, with more than 25,000 members and 91 chapters throughout the world. Its mission is to advance professionalism and ethics, global standards, methodologies, and practices through the professional...
, a real estate appraisal professional organization - Airship IndustriesAirship IndustriesAirship Industries was a British manufacturer of modern non-rigid airships active under that name from 1980 to 1990 and controlled for part of that time by Alan Bond. A predecessor company, Aerospace Developments, had been founded in 1971, and a successor, Hybrid Air Vehicles, remains active...
, a now-defunct British airship manufacturer - A&I (abstracting and indexing) services, also known as subject indexingSubject indexingSubject indexing is the act of describing or classifying a document by index terms or other symbols in order to indicate what the document is about, to summarize its content or to increase its findability. In other words, it is about identifying and describing the subject of documents...
- Adriatic Institute for Public PolicyAdriatic Institute for Public PolicyThe Adriatic Institute for Public Policy is an independent free market think tank founded in 2004 in Rijeka, Croatia. It is dedicated to advancing personal and economic freedoms, democracy and the rule of law in Croatia and other post-Communist countries in Southeastern Europe.AI organizes:* the...
, a free-market think tank in Croatia - Atheist Ireland, an association of Irish atheists
Publications
- The American InterestThe American InterestThe American Interest is a non-partisan bimonthly magazine focusing primarily on foreign policy, international affairs, global economics, and matters related to the military...
, a quarterly publication on international affairs - Azerbaijan InternationalAzerbaijan InternationalAzerbaijan International is an independent magazine committed to the discussion of issues related to Azerbaijanis around the world. It was established in 1993 shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union when Azerbaijan gained its independence. Since then, it has been published quarterly in...
, a quarterly magazine that features articles about Azerbaijan - Artificial Intelligence (journal)Artificial Intelligence (journal)Artificial Intelligence is a scientific journal on artificial intelligence research. It was established in 1970 and is published by Elsevier. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and Science Citation Index. The 2009 Impact Factor for this journal is 3.036 and the 5-Year Impact Factor is...
, a scientific journal of the field
Television, film, and music
- A.i. (band), a Los Angeles-based rock band
- American IdiotAmerican IdiotAmerican Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on September 21, 2004 through Reprise Records and was produced by longtime collaborator Rob Cavallo. In mid-2003, the band began recording songs for an album entitled Cigarettes and Valentines...
, a 2004 album by rock band Green Day - American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, a reality competition to find new solo musical talent - A.I. Artificial Intelligence, a science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg
Medicine and biology
- Accommodative insufficiencyAccommodative insufficiencyAccommodative insufficiency involves the inability of the eye to focus properly on an object. Approximately 80 percent of children diagnosed with CI also demonstrate AI....
, an inability to focus on an object - Active ingredientActive ingredientAn active ingredient is the substance of a pharmaceutical drug or a pharmaceutical ingredient and bulk active in medicine; in pesticide formulations active substance may be used. Some medications and pesticide products may contain more than one active ingredient...
, the substance in a drug that is pharmaceutically active - Amelogenesis imperfectaAmelogenesis imperfectaAmelogenesis imperfecta presents with abnormal formation of the enamel or external layer of teeth. Enamel is composed mostly of mineral, that is formed and regulated by the proteins in it...
, a genetic disorder affecting tooth development - Aortic insufficiencyAortic insufficiencyAortic insufficiency , also known as aortic regurgitation , is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle....
, a symptom of a heart disorder - Aromatase inhibitorAromatase inhibitorAromatase inhibitors are a class of drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women. AIs may also be used off-label to treat or prevent gynaecomastia in men....
, one of a class of drugs used to treat cancer, in particular breast cancer - Articulation indexArticulation indexThe Articulation Index is a tool used by audiologists to predict the amount of speech that is audible to a patient with a specific hearing loss. The AI reading for a given patient can range from zero to 1.0, representing the proportion of the average speech signal that is audible...
, a method of measuring hearing loss - Artificial inseminationArtificial inseminationArtificial insemination, or AI, is the process by which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by using means other than sexual intercourse or natural insemination...
, the insertion of sperm into the female reproductive tract using artificial means - Avian influenza, a class of bird viruses
- Anti-InflammatoryAnti-inflammatoryAnti-inflammatory refers to the property of a substance or treatment that reduces inflammation. Anti-inflammatory drugs make up about half of analgesics, remedying pain by reducing inflammation as opposed to opioids, which affect the central nervous system....
Business
- Action itemAction itemIn management, an action item is a documented event, task, activity, or action that needs to take place. Action items are discrete units that can be handled by a single person.-Planning actions:...
, an item discussed in a meeting that requires further action or work - Appreciative InquiryAppreciative inquiryAppreciative Inquiry is primarily an organisational development method which seeks to engage all levels of an organisation to renew, change and improved performance. Its exponents view it as being applicable to organisations facing rapid change or growth...
, an organizational development process developed by David Cooperrider - Appreciation IndexAppreciation IndexThe Audience Appreciation Index is a score out of 100 which is used as an indicator of the public's appreciation for a television or radio programme, or broadcast service, in the United Kingdom. Until 2002, the AI of a programme was calculated by BARB, the organisation that compiles television...
, a measurement of approval for television programmes or services in the United Kingdom - ArchitectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
's Instruction, equivalent to a Clarification or a Variation Order, an official document that seeks to clarify or amend a set of Construction Documents - All inclusive or all-inclusive, a resort that includes all meals, soft drinks, and most alcoholic drinks in the price
Places
- Ai (Bible)Ai (Bible)Ai refers to one or two places in ancient Israel:*A city mentioned along with Heshbon by Jeremiah 49:3, whose location is currently unknown, and which may or may not be the same as:...
, a place mentioned in the Bible - AI, the abbreviation for Appenzell InnerrhodenAppenzell InnerrhodenAppenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest canton of Switzerland by population and the second smallest by area, Basel-City having less area.-Foundation:...
, a Swiss canton - Ai, OhioAi, OhioAi is a ghost town in Fulton County, Ohio, United States, established around 1843. The origin of its name has been a local controversy: some say that it was named after the biblical city of Ai, while others believe that it was named after one of its founders, Ami Richards...
, a town in the U.S. state of Ohio - Ai River, a river in Taiwan
Animals
- Ai (animal), a species of three-toed sloth
- Ai (chimpanzee)Ai (chimpanzee)Ai is a female chimpanzee currently living at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University . She is known for being the principal subject of the Ai project, a research program started in 1978 which is aimed at understanding chimpanzee cognition through computer interface experiments...
, a female chimp famous for showing surprising numerical capability
People, non-fictional
- Ai (poet)Ai (poet)Florence Anthony was a National Book Award winning American poet and educator who legally changed her name to Ai Ogawa...
(1947–2010), American poet - Ai OtsukaAi Otsukais a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and actress from Suminoe-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo," which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks.A piano...
(born 1982), Japanese pop singer - Ai (singer)AI (singer)Ai , born November 2, 1981 as , is a Japanese R&B singer and rapper. She is currently under EMI Music Japan.-Early life:...
(born 1981), Japanese urban/R&B singer - AyAyAy was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period , although he was a close advisor to two and perhaps three of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was the power behind the throne during Tutankhamun's reign...
(reigned c. 1323 - c. 1319 or 1323 BCE), a pharaoh of ancient Egypt - As a nickname
- Allen IversonAllen IversonAllen Ezail Iverson is an American professional basketball point guard and shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season...
(born 1975), NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers - Andre IguodalaAndre IguodalaAndre Tyler Iguodala is an American professional basketball player who plays small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association . Iguodala is listed at 6 ft 6 in and 207 lbs. . Iguodala played his high school basketball for Lanphier High School in Springfield, Illinois...
(born 1984), NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers - Andrés IniestaAndrés IniestaAndrés Iniesta Luján is a Spanish football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team....
(born 1984), football player for FC Barcelona - Andy IronsAndy IronsPhilip Andrew "Andy" Irons was a professional surfer. Irons learned to surf on the dangerous and shallow reefs of the North Shore in Kauai, Hawaii...
(1978–2010), Hawaiian Surfer - Allison IrahetaAllison IrahetaAllison Iraheta is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Iraheta won the Telemundo competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista. Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record...
(born 1992), American Idol Season 8 contestant
- Allen Iverson
- Chinese
- Ai WeiweiAi WeiweiAi Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008...
(born 1957), Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, cultural and social commentator, dissident, disappeared April 2011 - Ai SiqiAi SiqiÀisīqí is the penname of Li Sheng-Hsuen , a Yunnan Mongol Chinese philosopher and author. He was born in Yunnan, later traveling to Hong Kong, where he studied English and French at a Protestant school and was exposed to Sun Yat-sen’s Three Principles of the People and Marxism...
(1910–1966), philosopher and author - Ai QingAi QingAi Qing and styled Jiǎng Hǎichéng ; March 27, 1910 – May 5, 1996), is regarded as one of the finest modern Chinese poets. He was known under his pen names Línbì , Kè'ā and Éjiā .-Life:...
(1910–1996), poet and political prisoner - Emperor Ai of JinEmperor Ai of JinEmperor Ai of Jin , personal name Sima Pi , courtesy name Qianling , was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty . During his brief reign, the actual powers were largely in the hands of his granduncle Sima Yu the Prince of Kuaiji, and the paramount general Huan Wen...
, a Jin Dynasty (265-420) emperor - Emperor Ai of HanEmperor Ai of HanEmperor Ai of Han was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his uncle Emperor Cheng, who was childless, and he reigned from 7 BC to 1 BC....
(27 BC–1 BC) - Emperor Ai of TangEmperor Ai of TangEmperor Ai of Tang , also known as Emperor Zhaoxuan , born Li Zuo, later Li Zhu , was the last emperor of the Tang dynasty of China. He reigned from 904 to 907. The Ai Emperor was the son of Emperor Zhaozong....
(892–908) - King Ai of ZhouKing Ai of ZhouKing Ai of Zhou, ch.: 周哀王, pinyin: zhōu āi wáng, Wade-Giles: King Ai of Chou, was the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.He is the eldest son of the King Zhending Zhou....
(reigned 441 BC) - Sima AiSima AiSima Ai or Sima Yi , courtesy name Shidu , formally Prince Li of Changsha , was a Jin Dynasty imperial prince who briefly served as regent for his brother Emperor Hui. He was the fifth of the eight princes commonly associated with the War of the Eight Princes...
, Jin Dynasty (265-420) imperial prince - Xie AiXie AiXie Ai was a general for the Chinese state Former Liang who served under Zhang Chonghua.Xie Ai was initially regarded as only capable in civilian matters, and apparently served as a civilian official during the rule of Zhang Chonghua's father Zhang Jun...
(died 354), general
- Ai Weiwei
- See also list of names in Ai (Japanese name)Ai (Japanese name)Ai is a Japanese feminine given name. It could mean love , indigo or nothing...
People, mythical and fictional
- Ai Amano, protagonist of Video Girl Ai
- Shiho Miyano (Ai Haibara), a character in the anime Detective Conan
- Ai Mori, a character in The Law of Ueki
- Ai ToyonAi ToyonAi Toyon is the Yakut god of light, usually depicted as an eagle perched atop the "world tree"....
, the Yakut god of light, usually depicted as an eagle perched atop the "world tree" - Aoi Mac OllamainAoi Mac OllamainAoi Mac Ollamain or Ai Mac Ollamain is a god of poetry and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology. Ai is the son of Olloman, who saved him from the king's decree that Aoi be killed, a decree made response to a druid's prediction that Aoi would be born with special powers.-References:*...
, the Celtic god of poetry as an alternative first name and name abbreviation - Aikanaka (Hawaiian mythology) or Ai Kanaka, a character in Hawaiian mythology
- ÁiAiAI, A.I., Ai, or ai may refer to:- Computers :* Artificial intelligence, a branch of computer science* Ad impression, in online advertising* .ai, the ISO Internet 2-letter country code for Anguilla...
or Ríg, the husband of Edda and putative ancestor of the thralls or serfs in the Norse eddic poem Rígthula - See also list of names in Ai (Japanese name)Ai (Japanese name)Ai is a Japanese feminine given name. It could mean love , indigo or nothing...
Other uses
- Ai, a Beanie Baby bear made by Ty, Inc., representing Japan
- American Iron RacingAmerican Iron RacingAmerican Iron is a group of North American road racing classes sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association .American Iron racing features domestic muscle or pony cars such as Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, and Pontiac Firebird in four classes, Camaro Mustang Challenge , American Iron , and...
, automotive road racing class of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) - Associate Instructor, used by some universities instead of teaching assistantTeaching assistantA teaching assistant is an individual who assists a professor or teacher with instructional responsibilities. TAs include graduate teaching assistants , who are graduate students; undergraduate teaching assistants , who are undergraduate students; secondary school TAs, who are either high school...
- Love (aì, 愛 ) or "universal love" (jiān ài) in the philosophy of Chinese teacher MoziMoziMozi |Lat.]] as Micius, ca. 470 BC – ca. 391 BC), original name Mo Di , was a Chinese philosopher during the Hundred Schools of Thought period . Born in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, China, he founded the school of Mohism, and argued strongly against Confucianism and Daoism...
- Accessinterviews.comAccessinterviews.comAccessInterviews.com is a website founded by journalist and author Rob McGibbon. It is dedicated to collating an index of journalistic interviews from across the world....
, a website with an index of journalistic interviews