One other way college is different than high school is that in college you are paying to attend your class. According to EducationOnline.net the current average cost for a year of tuition at a 4 year public college is 6,585 dollars a year or 2195 per quarter.
Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals. In computer science AI research is defined as the study of intelligent agents: any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.
On the other hand Artificial Intelligence is a science and engineering of making intelligent machines (according to John McCarthy, person who coined this term). AI is all about try to make machines or software mimic human behavior and intelligence. Automation can or can not be based on Artificial Intelligence. Automation can be provided by placing some sensors and making something do corresponding to sensor readings. If you want to make the same thing to be an AI, then you might need to do extra bit of work.