Algorithmic information content (AIC) is sometimes called algorithmic complexity or Kolmogorov complexity. This concept is from information theory and computer science, and it measures the amount of information or complexity. Kurzweil asserts that AIC does not go far enough in understanding how complexity functions.

Artificial intelligence, also called machine intelligence, refers to the simulation of human brain intelligence by a computer. Artificial intelligence uses algorithms and processing models to simulate the processes of the human brain.

Circuits are the building blocks of modern technological devices. They provide space for a series of interconnected transistors and other electronic components to work together to accomplish specific processes.