This research paper aims to provide the fundamental concepts, recent and personal thoughts and information about the artificial intelligence (AI) in its relationship with adaptive learning (AL) e-environments and applications in education. It contains a bunch of six points presenting the history of artificial intelligent, the relationship with adaptive learning, the main to the point definition of AI, with the key component areas of AI respectively. The research then show the types of artificial intelligence as evolving stages, showing the application of AI in selected sectors in general and in education in particular through the types of AI systems. The research includes eight demonstration figures with five tables and a list of research paper abbreviations for the concepts presented on it.