It'sthestudyofmethodsformakingcomputersbehaveintelligently.Roughlyspeaking,acomputerisintelligenttotheextentthatitdoestherightthingratherthanthewrongthing.Therightthingiswhateveractionismostlikelytoachievethegoal,or,inmoretechnicalterms,theactionthatmaximizesexpectedutility.