The difference in philosophy can be easily illustrated. The human
brain and the computer are different machines, each with its own sets of
strengths and weaknesses. Humans are good at, for example, learning,
Building high-performance game-playing programs has been one of
AI’s major triumphs. This is due, in part, to the success achieved in
games such as backgammon, chess, checkers, Othello, and Scrabble,
where computers are playing as well as or better than the best human
players. However, its success is also due to the examples it sets for the
research community. These include tackling challenging problems
(rather than trivial subsets, as is still often seen in AI research) and the
emphasis on the results of the system without regard for the methods
used to achieve those results (the ends justify the means).