Artificial Intelligence is a field of science that has several goals. The first, often called "weak" AI, is the effort to design and implement computer systems that can perform tasks requiring intelligence when performed by humans. AI in computer games, knowledge based systems and such are typical examples of this branch.
The second, less tangible branch, often called "strong" AI, is the research that ultimatly aims to build artificial systems that display real intelligence. It does this by trying to understand or model the nature of human intelligence.
Both branches are multidisciplinary, in that they have close relations with the fields of computer science, philosophy, medicine, psychology, biology and linguistics.
AI Topics is a web site designed to provide online access to introductory resources concerning artificial intelligence and its many dimensions. www.aaai.org/Pathfinder/pathfinder.html
This site organizes information that a broad audience should find understandable and useful within the problem solving technology continuum of advanced heuristic methods. You will find FAQs, Newsgroups, Software, Books, Electronic Journals, & Hot Lists. www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6007
Lots and lots of pointers to AI resources: intelligent agents, search and game playing, logic and knowledge representation, planning, reasoning with uncertainty, machine learning, natural language processing, perception and robotics, philosophy and the fu www.cs.berkeley.edu/~russell/ai.html
Extensive Artificial Intelligence links index from Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Created & maintained by Yossi Mamroud, TAU's Philosophy Department. www.tau.ac.il/humanities/philos/ai/links.html
The OpenAI site is centered around an Open Source project and community involving artificial intelligence. The term "Open Source" means that the source code for the project is available for free and can be used by others free of charge. openai.sourceforge.net
KurzweilAI.net explores trends in emerging technologies in the 21st century. Also, it attempts to showcase leading technologies in AI and related fields. www.kurzweilai.net
Examine the history, uses and consequences of Artificial Intelligence. Beginners can learn the basics here while researchers can access extensive technical resources. www.aboutai.net
Resources in Adaptive Behavior, Reinforcement Learning, Computational Evolution, Natural Evolution, AI in general and Conferences. Maintained by Mark Humphreys, Dublin City University. www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/ai.links.html