A nebulous *(term) describing any effort with computers and the devices people embed them in to re-create human-like interactions. Generally there is a spectrum of methods for doing this, ranging from mimicry to various degrees of simulation. There are also methods for doing this which arise entirely out of simple interactions and basic laws.

None of these fall within the scope of the Tunes project.

A more colloqial use of the term is to describe the programming heritage that grew up around the research involved with it, often causing languages to become branded as "AI programming languages", such as _(Lisp) and _(Prolog). These kinds of flexible (and usually reflective) programming languages are what the Tunes project exists to enhance.
