Table 2.

Seven Artificial Intelligence Functions, Following Hofmann et al. (2020)

AI Function	Definition
Perceiving	“Acquiring and processing data from the real world to produce information”
Identification	“Extracting and identifying specific objects from data”
Reasoning	“Explaining underlying relationships and structures in data”
Prediction	“Estimating future events or conditions on a continuous scale”
Decision-making	“Choosing between known, discrete alternatives”
Generating	“Producing or creating something”
Acting	“Executing goal-oriented actions (e.g., movement, navigate, control)”