Definition of "artificial" []

• Made by humans; produced rather than natural. (adjective)
• Brought about or caused by sociopolitical or other human-generated forces or influences: set up artificial barriers against women and minorities; an artificial economic boom. (adjective)
• Made in imitation of something natural; simulated: artificial teeth. (adjective)
• Not genuine or natural: an artificial smile. (adjective)

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• "The distinction between artificial and natural virtues that dominates the virtue ethics of the Treatise is almost entirely absent from the moral Enquiry; the term ˜artificial™ occurs in the latter only once in a footnote."
• "Even I, the anti-geek, am familiar with the term artificial intelligence."
• "This flattering promise of computing by Minsky had received a severe beating by history, in that, more than a generation later, by 2000's, "the failed promises ofAIcontinue to haunt AI research, as the New York Times reported in 2005: 'Computer scientists and software engineers avoided the term artificial intelligence for fear of being viewed as wild-eyed dreamers.'""