Where does “人工知能” come from?

人工知能 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 知能 — intelligence, intellectual faculties.

人工知能 (Japanese): artificial intelligence

Definitions

  1. artificial intelligence

Ancestry of “人工知能”, step by step

人工知能 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 知能

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese知能intelligence, intellectual faculties

via Japanese 人工

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人工man-made; artificial
Every word from Japanese 知能