- tehis is the estonian word for artificial. majority of information on this site is somehow connected to the various concepts relating to the artificial or an exploration of cultural and scientific significance of such concepts. or at least i would like to think so. what is artificial and where is the boundary between the artificial and that other, whatever it may be? natural? genuine? is digital technology essentially artificial or perhaps just as natural as anything we call organic? artificial intelligence, artificial life, artificial body, artificial soul, artificial dream. tehisintellekt, tehiselu, tehiskeha, tehishing, tehisuni.