Concept:
• AI definitions usually fall into four categories: Thinking Humanly, Acting Humanly, Thinking Rationally, and Acting Rationally.
• Famous computer scientists have defined AI based on these perspectives over the last 70 years.
Step 1: Validate AI-specific definitions (A-D)
• A: This is John McCarthy's (the father of AI) famous definition focusing on engineering.
• B: This reflects the cognitive modeling perspective (Charniak and McDermott).
• C: This reflects the behavior emulation and rational agent perspective (Schalkoff).
• D: This is Elaine Rich's widely used definition about computers surpassing human performance in specific tasks.
Step 2: Evaluate Statement E
"The study and analyses of computing theory" is a general definition of Computer Science as a whole. While AI is a subset of this, it is not a definition of AI itself.
Step 3: Conclusion
Since A, B, C, and D are specific, recognized definitions of Artificial Intelligence, the correct choice is Option (A).