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> Except Watson, Siri, Alexa, etc aren't real AI. From the Wikipedia article on Artificial Intelligence: "In computer science, the field of AI research defines
by rockinghigh 9y ago
> Except Watson, Siri, Alexa, etc aren't real AI.
From the Wikipedia article on Artificial Intelligence:
"In computer science, the field of AI research defines itself as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal."
- michaelt 9y agoA bimetallic mechanical thermostat perceives its environment (the temperature) and takes actions (turning the heat on and off) to achieve a goal (maintaining a target temperature) Is a thermostat an AI?
- dsacco 9y agoYes. It's just a very boring one. Something something...AI...once it's understood... You think AI is something like "true AI", I think a toaster that exhibits a basic decision tree is AI, which of us is right? There's just no way to know, we've come to an impasse :)
- Jtsummers 9y agoYes. But very limited. AI is a meaningless term. Soft AI is often just search and applied statistics, applied signal processing (or statistics applied to signal processing), or a rediscovery of inefficient methods for mimicking control theory. Hard AI is a dream that some people have with no clear way to get there. We should stop using the term since every decade AI applies to a different set of techniques and tools, and the old ones become standard algorithms and data science.