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> Now it's code for "I'm making magic AI, please fund me". Isn't that just AI? The term has never meant anything but "the future".

• taneq 11y ago
  Well, no, AI has always meant "making computers do something that, right now, only humans can do." Of course, the term only applies to work-in-progress, because once it's working, it's not AI by definition.
  • duaneb 11y ago
    Got a citation for that? Or is that just your definition? As soon as we understand a problem there are better terms that are actually meaningful.
    • mlinsey 11y ago
      It's a variation of a famous John McCarthy quote: "“As soon as it works, no one calls it AI any more.” http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/138907-john-mccarthy/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/138907-john-mccarthy/ful... It's not meant to be a serious definition but IMO the phenomena is very real.
      • bayonetz 11y ago
        The version I'm familiar with: "today's AI is tomorrow's computer science"
      • duaneb 11y ago
        That resonates with me; thank you. I still think it's a bullshit marketing term.