Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most fascinating and unusual areas of academic
study to have emerged this century, with its ultimate goal as the complete understanding
and replication of human cognition, perception, and behavior.
This daring and challenging objective has given rise to controversial opinions about
the field. For some, AI is a true scientific discipline, that has made important and funda-
mental contributions to the use of computation for our understanding of the nature and
phenomena of the human mind. For others, AI is the black art of computer science.