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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence: What it is, Main Characteristics and How it Works in Practice

Olá, DEV Community! 👋 Este é o meu primeiro post por aqui, e decidi começar abordando um dos tópicos mais centrais e transformadores da nossa área: a Inteligência Artificial (IA). Se você acompanha a tecnologia, percebeu que a IA deixou de ser apenas uma ferramenta de autocomplete ou resumo de texto e se tornou uma verdadeira colaboradora nos fluxos de desenvolvimento. Abaixo, explico de forma…

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The article discusses the evolution of Artificial Intelligence (IA) and its current capabilities. IA has transformed from a predictive tool to a collaborative system that can understand context, reason, and act. Its main characteristics include autonomy, multimodal perception, step-by-step reasoning, local processing, and collaboration.

In 2025/2026, IA can execute end-to-end tasks, process multiple types of input, and solve complex problems. It can also generate code, accelerating deliveries by up to 55%, but human review is still essential as 45% of AI-generated code may contain security vulnerabilities.

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