Is J.A.R.V.I.S, Iron Man's electronic assistant, an example of A.I (artificial intelligence)?
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No.
He seems like it, but in Age of Ultron when describing how Ultron is an actual AI, Tony Stark proclaims that Jarvis is an incredibly sophisticated program that mimics sentience very well, but does not actually meet the conditions for full AI (i.e. sentience).
The whole point of The Vision being "not Jarvis" even though he sounds like Jarvis and originates from Jarvis's code is that he's been augmented with actual AI, giving him consciousness that he did not have before, resulting in a new "being". If Jarvis were already an AI, none of this would make sense.
Mind you, what constitutes "AI" is subject to interpretation.
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4If Tony hadn't said it, or you hadn't added that last line, I'd possibly be argumentative about your answer. Commented Apr 22, 2016 at 15:50
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1@Cone_of_Silence: So, if I'd written a different answer, you'd have been argumentative about it? Good to know, I guess! ;P Commented Apr 22, 2016 at 15:56
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I'm not going to argue with Tony Stark, but it looks like Thaddeus Howze did. Commented Apr 22, 2016 at 16:14
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5Until the OP clarifies what definition of AI they're looking to match, I'm going to go with the in-universe canonical on-screen comment. Commented Apr 22, 2016 at 16:16
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@Lightness. Touche. I didn't ask the question, so my acceptance of the in universe answer is my own problem, but I have a history with AI, and the in universe answer crawls under my skin and wriggles uncomfortably. Commented Apr 22, 2016 at 16:47
JARVIS is not an AI system of Tony Stark but indeed a revolutionary invention of Howard Stark, the father of Tony Stark. JARVIS is an updated feature of Arsenal, and artificial robot, which was made by Howard Stark to look after his son, Tony.
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Also is J.A.R.V.I.S a quantum computer?
from your post as we require all questioned to contain only one question. That way you can accept the single best answer, without having to decide between posts that answer the question separately. Feel free to ask a second question though!