Dear aspirant ,

To have a good base in AI  , you need to have a good hand at some subjects and topics which you have already learned in school or are currently learning such as - Computer Science , Calculus,Data structures, Python or R programming , Mathematics, Algebra ,derivatives , Algorithms etc .

To answer the second part of your question , yes, computer knowledge is extremly important and infact is the backbone of AI. Without adequate computer knowledge you wont be able to understand some of the basics and fundamental concepts required in Artificial Intelligence .

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To learn Artificial Intelligence of computer science you need to have some knowledge of programming with good logical problem solving abilities along with mathematics knowledge with knowledge of probability as well.