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"AI" seems to be synonymous with "crappy statistical analysis algorithm".

• stingraycharles 8y ago
  I’m not sure why this comment is being upvoted this much, but it seems fairly snarky and adds little value to the discussion.
  • joe_the_user 8y ago
    The comment may just seem annoying but after a fair amount of reading on AI, I think it actually is an OK if snarky comment on state of the art AI. Current AI involves complex statistical analysis that essentially sacrifices robustness and unbiased-ness for predictiveness. It's basically blindly squeezing all the extrapolative qualities available in a huge dataset, getting impressive seeming results while picking up all sorts of "garbage associations" along the way.
    • pfortuny 8y ago
      At the same time, there are really no 'models' like in, say, Physics or Engineering. The state-of-the-art consists in 'well, this seems to be reasonable and seems to work'. I mean 'models' like 'mathematical models' not like 'a model of a simplified neuron'. Which for a chess/go-winning program is pretty harmless and even interesting. Not so much for autonomous driving and/or security, for example.
  • scottlocklin 8y ago
    No, it's a scientifically accurate description of the absurd usage of the term "AI" by modern media, VC and just about everyone else. Source: I make goofy statistical models for a living.