AI – Code Curmudgeon

Is AI Safe Enough for Safety-critical

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Code Curmudgeon

There’s a lot being said and done about AI in automotive. One of the challenges is the use of AI itself to work inside...

AI Ethics and the Three Laws of Robotics

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Code Curmudgeon

After my previous video about AI and the trolley I had a pretty interesting discussion with a few people about the topic. While some...

AI Smackdown – Siri vs Eliza

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Code Curmudgeon

Angry vintage tin toy robots, artificial intelligence

John McCarthy, creator of LISP, and father of modern artificial intelligence (AI) died today. He was one of the first guys to work seriously...

Definitioner

CAN (Controller Area Network): Controller Area Network aka CAN aka CAN Bus is a wiring standard for vehicles that enables communication between various components and devices without having a host computer. For example doors, brakes, transmission.
AI (HTML5): HTML5 is the most recent version of the HTML standard. It is a language used to create web pages. Currently it is a draft standard, but it supported by all major browsers. HTML4 is the current actual standard.
AI (AJAX): Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It's a set of web technologies that help create interactive web applications.
AI (Flash): Web-based multimedia platform. Used for putting animation, interactivity, and video on web pages.
AI (BASIC): Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. A programming language designed specifically for beginners.
artificial intelligence: An attempt to make computers work/talk/act like people. Traditional definitions included a simple test that if a person dealing with a computer, for example via a keyboard and monitor, could not tell that there was a computer on the other end, then it was artificial intelligence. Modern definitions are more strict.
AI (artificial intelligence): An attempt to make computers work/talk/act like people. Traditional definitions included a simple test that if a person dealing with a computer, for example via a keyboard and monitor, could not tell that there was a computer on the other end, then it was artificial intelligence. Modern definitions are more strict.
CPU: The CPU or Central Processing Unit is the key brain of the computer, it's the part where most computation is actually done.