To me, "an AI" implies an autonomous agent, even if it is dumb. But many of those you listed are techniques for AI, not AIs themselves. The same goes for these

To me, "an AI" implies an autonomous agent, even if it is dumb. But many of those you listed are techniques for AI, not AIs themselves. The same goes for these ML models: most are techniques or components suitable for AI, not AIs themselves. I'd consider these language models AI if they initiated conversations themselves or used conversation as part of a plan to achieve some objective. But so far, game bots are more deserving of the title than these trendy language models and painting generators, IMO.