目前，传统隧道的相关技术主要依靠经验类比和少量的数值分析，其局限性将会大大限制隧道技术的发展。因此，将人工智能引入到隧道工程中显得尤为必要。简要介绍了人工智能，并分别从隧道的设计、施工、运营和维护等方面论述了人工智能在隧道工程中的应用。隧道工程的人工智能化，将使隧道工程的相关技术得到优化，从而大大提高隧道工程的安全性、高效性、舒适及节能性。

The traditional tunneling technology is dominantly based on experience analogy and small amount of numerical analysis, which severely restricts the development of the tunneling technology. Therefore, it seems particularly necessary to introduce the artificial intelligence to the tunnel engineering. In the paper, the artificial intelligence is briefly presented and the application of the artificial intelligence in the tunnel engineering is described in respect of design, construction, operation and maintenance of tunnels. Due to the application of the artificial intelligence in tunnel engineering, the relevant tunnel engineering technologies will be optimized so as to improve the level of safety, efficiency, comfort and energy saving of tunnel engineering.