I think you've hit it on the head. 'AI' computations are a variety of mathematical and statistical techniques, which on their own are varied and interesting but

I think you've hit it on the head. 'AI' computations are a variety of mathematical and statistical techniques, which on their own are varied and interesting but it doesnt suggest a fundamental difference in hardware over general purpose computing. GPUs provide distinct advatages for some kinds of operations, but its not well defined that "AI" has its own set of computations for which hardware can be custom built for, and be distinguishable from existing kinds of CPU hardware.