> I greatly dislike the term "artificial intelligence". It's as meaningless and distracting as that other horrible phrase, "big data". I have no idea whether d

> I greatly dislike the term "artificial intelligence". It's as meaningless and distracting as that other horrible phrase, "big data". I have no idea whether deep learning algorithms could lead to "intelligence", or what that even means. What matters is what a technology can do , and in this case, deep learning can do a great many interesting things. The term "artificial intelligence" refers to more than what technology can do. It also refers to what technology could or will do. That why this term matters for the public, as it points at potential future issues described in Science-Fiction. As for what it means, I could agree that it's difficult to coin it precisely, but it's not meaningless either. Some concepts have a meaning regardless of our ability to express this meaning accurately with words. It's a case of "I know it when I see it."