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Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a phrase we hear so often that it can feel everywhere—on television, in news articles, buzzing in tech headlines, and even woven into the apps and devices we use daily. AI is now a regular part of modern life, from chatbots on customer service websites to intelligent assistants in your home. But what exactly is AI? Is it about creating super-intelligent robots like in science fiction movies? Does it mean computers that think just like humans? Or is it something much simpler—and far more useful?

John Cotter was thirty years old when he first began to notice a ringing in his ears. Soon the ringing became a roar inside his head. Next came partial deafness, then dizziness and vertigo that rendered him unable to walk, work, sleep, or even communicate. At a stage of life when he expected to be emerging fully into adulthood, teaching, and writing books, he found himself “crippled and dependent” and in search of care.