Artificial Intelligence is...

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• the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior - Merriam Webster Dictionary

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• the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively - Vocabulary.com Dictionary 

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• anything a machine does to respond to it's environment to maximize it's chances of success - Steven Struhl

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• the next, logical step in computing : a program that can figure out things for itself. It's a program that can reprogram itself - Jim Sterne 

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• the replication of human analytical and/ or decision-making capabilities - Steven Finlay 

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• the capacity of a computer to perform operations analogous to learning and decision making in humans, as by an expert system, a program for CAD or CAM, or a program for the perception and recognition of shapes in computer vision systems. - Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com

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• intelligence displayed by machines, in contrast with the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals - Wikipedia