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People usually misunderstand what AI is. Its much more common already than people think (just one example is autopilots on aircraft which is a form of AI)

But to answer your question, computers aid in the development of AI pretty much the same way they aid in other researches. By adding speed to the trial & error testing. For Artificial Intelligence to make its best intelligent choice involves alot of "thinking" which computers enable to happen at ALMOST human speed.

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