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Artificial intelligenceartificial intelligence (noun)Computer systems able to perform tasks requiring intelligence.≈ Synonym: AI🇺🇿UZ: sun'iy intellekt🇷🇺RU: искусственный интеллект, often shortened to AI, refersrefer to (verb)Describes or indicates something.≈ Synonym: denotes🇺🇿UZ: anglatadi🇷🇺RU: означает to computer systemssystem (noun)Organised sets of components working together.≈ Synonym: setups🇺🇿UZ: tizimlar🇷🇺RU: системы designed to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligenceintelligence (noun)The ability to learn, understand, and think.≈ Synonym: cleverness🇺🇿UZ: aql🇷🇺RU: интеллект. These tasks include understanding language, recognisingrecognise (verb)Identifying something previously encountered.≈ Synonym: identifying🇺🇿UZ: tanish🇷🇺RU: распознавание images, making decisionsdecision (noun)Conclusions reached after consideration.≈ Synonym: choices🇺🇿UZ: qarorlar🇷🇺RU: решения, and even learning from experienceexperience (noun)Knowledge or skill gained from doing something.≈ Synonym: practice🇺🇿UZ: tajriba🇷🇺RU: опыт. Although AI might seem like a recent inventioninvention (noun)A thing created or designed for the first time.≈ Synonym: creation🇺🇿UZ: ixtiro🇷🇺RU: изобретение, researchers have been working on it since the 1950s.
One of the biggest recent developmentsdevelopment (noun)New stages of growth or advancement.≈ Synonym: advances🇺🇿UZ: rivojlanishlar🇷🇺RU: разработки in AI is a technique called machine learningmachine learning (noun)A method allowing computers to learn from data.≈ Synonym: AI learning technique🇺🇿UZ: mashinali o'rganish🇷🇺RU: машинное обучение. Instead of being programmed with exact instructions for every situationsituation (noun)A set of circumstances at a particular time.≈ Synonym: circumstance🇺🇿UZ: vaziyat🇷🇺RU: ситуация, machine learning systems are given large amounts of data and learn to recognise patternspattern (noun)Regular, repeated arrangements or sequences.≈ Synonym: regularities🇺🇿UZ: naqshlar (qonuniyatlar)🇷🇺RU: закономерности on their own. This approach has allowed AI to become far better at tasks such as translatingtranslate (verb)Converting words from one language to another.≈ Synonym: converting language🇺🇿UZ: tarjima qilish🇷🇺RU: переводящий languages, recommending videos, or identifying objects in photographs.
AI is already part of daily life for many people, often without them realisingrealise (verb)Becoming aware of something.≈ Synonym: understanding🇺🇿UZ: anglab🇷🇺RU: осознавая it. Voicevoice assistant (noun)A software programme that responds to spoken commands.≈ Synonym: digital assistant🇺🇿UZ: ovozli yordamchi🇷🇺RU: голосовой помощник assistants, spam filtersfilter (noun)Systems that sort or remove unwanted items.≈ Synonym: screening systems🇺🇿UZ: filtrlar🇷🇺RU: фильтры, navigation apps, and online shopping recommendationsrecommendation (noun)Suggestions of things that might be liked.≈ Synonym: suggestions🇺🇿UZ: tavsiyalar🇷🇺RU: рекомендации all rely on AI systems working quietly in the backgroundbackground (noun)A position not readily noticed; behind the scenes.≈ Synonym: behind the scenes🇺🇿UZ: fon (orqa plan)🇷🇺RU: фоновый режим. In healthcarehealthcare (noun)The organised provision of medical services.≈ Synonym: medical care🇺🇿UZ: sog'liqni saqlash🇷🇺RU: здравоохранение, AI is being used to help doctors detect diseases earlier by analysing medical scans faster and sometimes more accuratelyaccurately (adverb)In an exact and correct way.≈ Synonym: precisely🇺🇿UZ: aniq tarzda🇷🇺RU: точно than the human eye.
Despite these impressiveimpressive (adj)Causing admiration through skill or achievement.≈ Synonym: remarkable🇺🇿UZ: ta'sirchan🇷🇺RU: впечатляющий abilities, AI still has significant limitationslimitation (noun)Restrictions on what something can do.≈ Synonym: constraints🇺🇿UZ: cheklovlar🇷🇺RU: ограничения. Current systems are generally very good at specific, narrownarrow (adj)Limited in range or scope.≈ Synonym: limited🇺🇿UZ: tor🇷🇺RU: узкий tasks but struggle with the kind of flexible, generalgeneral (adj)Applicable broadly, not restricted to one area.≈ Synonym: broad🇺🇿UZ: umumiy🇷🇺RU: общий understanding that humans use every day. AI can also make confidentconfident (adj)Feeling or showing certainty.≈ Synonym: certain-sounding🇺🇿UZ: ishonchli🇷🇺RU: уверенный-sounding mistakes, and because it learns from existing data, it can sometimes repeat or even amplifyamplify (verb)To increase the strength or effect of something.≈ Synonym: intensify🇺🇿UZ: kuchaytirmoq🇷🇺RU: усиливать human biases found in that data.
As AI becomes more powerfulpowerful (adj)Having great strength or influence.≈ Synonym: strong🇺🇿UZ: kuchli🇷🇺RU: мощный, it raises important questions for society. What happens to jobs that AI can now do? How do we make sure AI systems are used fairlyfairly (adverb)In a way that treats people equally.≈ Synonym: justly🇺🇿UZ: adolatli tarzda🇷🇺RU: справедливо and responsiblyresponsibly (adverb)In a sensible, careful way.≈ Synonym: carefully🇺🇿UZ: mas'uliyat bilan🇷🇺RU: ответственно? Governments, companies, and researchers are now working together to create rules and guidelinesguideline (noun)Official recommendations on how to do something.≈ Synonym: rules🇺🇿UZ: yo'riqnomalar🇷🇺RU: руководящие принципы for AI, trying to make sure this powerful technology benefits people while limiting its risks.