Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an emerging technical discipline that simulates, expands and expands human intelligence. This is the study of how to make computers mimic certain intellectual behaviors of people. The essence of artificial intelligence is to let the computer have the perception, thinking, learning, reasoning and other functions. With the rapid development of network technology, the application of artificial intelligence is more and more extensive, and image recognition is one of the key links. In this paper, the principle of intelligent algorithm is described, its basic principle is expounded, and it is used in image recognition, and simulation results are given. The research shows that this method can effectively solve various problems in image recognition, and can effectively improve the recognition effect. Therefore, the algorithm proposed in this paper is helpful to improve the performance of artificial intelligence and contribute to the popularization of this technology.