Here is a list of five of the most popular programming languages for A.I.!

Python is one of the simplest languages to learn, yet is still extremely powerful. It can be used for the automation of tasks, web development, Artificial Intelligence programming, robotics, mathematics, and much more.

Python allows for quick development and rapid prototyping of A.I.’s and neural networks. It has a very short development period when being compared to languages like C++, Lisp, and Java. It is open source and supports object oriented programming. Some examples of companies that use Python are Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Yahoo, NASA, IBM, and many more.

If you are completely new to programming and are looking for a first language, you may want to give Python a hard look!

If you are interested in learning more about Python, you should start with watching a few videos and tutorials on Youtube to get a feel of what it can do.

(sentdex) on Youtube is a great place to start learning the language or simply watch for entertainment. Below is a video of him using Artificial Intelligence in the popular video game GTA5 (Grand Theft Auto Five).

Prolog and Lisp are both goto languages for programming Artificial Intelligence. Although Prolog may be considered old, it shines for its tree-based data structuring, pattern matching abilities, backtracking support, easy rule implementation, and logic-based development.

Prolog was first developed in France in the 1970s, and has even been used by the Japanese Government in an attempt to create intelligent computer systems as seen with the ICOT Fifth Generation Computer Systems Initiative. While Prolog may feel more natural to program in than say Lisp, choosing a language to learn may depend on where you live in the world today.

If you thought Prolog was an old language, then you may be surprised to find that Lisp was originally specified in 1958. This makes it the second oldest high-level programming language still being used today. It is only outdone in age by Fortran, which was created in 1957.

Lisp supports symbolic programming, garbage collection, syntax uniformity, machine translations, and is great for building prototypes.

While C++ may seem more difficult to learn and master than other languages, it is extremely powerful and fast. C++ has a main focus on efficiency, flexibility, and performance. When speed is crucial in your applications or Artificial Intelligence systems, you may at least consider using C.

This language is commonly used in game design because of its speed, and contains a surplus of library functions and programming tools. And remember, those “A.I.” bots in your video games may have been coded in C

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Java is an Object Oriented Programming Language that allows for ease of use in coding algorithms. It is highly valued because of its worldwide use, portability, strong libraries, and scalability. Some consider it to be the most widely used programming language in the world today.

Understanding and debugging Java code may come easier to users than say C++ as well. Overall, Java is a great language that was designed with security in mind, is platform independent, and is easy to understand.