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> Using a type of AI known as ‘machine learning’, computers are now able to uncover hidden information about the whole body from these images alone. So now com

> Using a type of AI known as ‘machine learning’, computers are now able to uncover hidden information about the whole body from these images alone. So now computers use AI to do something, interesting... I always liked how it's always "AI did X" or "AI discovered Y", but never a "crane built a building".

soco 3y ago
Probably because the crane is a well known piece of machinery also quite old, while AI is new and also kind of a black box for most.
samhuk 3y ago
Odd statement, as it is of course always the thinker that gets the attribution, i.e. the manipulator of tools and the interpreter of results. E.g.1: Galileo saw Jupiter, not The telescope saw Jupiter. E.g.2: Joe built the wall, not The crane built the wall. In this case, AI is the thinker, not a human, hence the phrasing. A human creating the AI does not remove the attribution either, just as we never say Joe's mother built the wall just because Joe was created by his mother.
- deepsun 3y ago
  > AI is the thinker As an AI specialist, I strongly object that statement. There's usually very little surprise in what "AI has discovered", usually we spend months of hard work to make it discover that one thing. But all the credit goes to "AI" :) PS: I'm yet to see an AI (in any area) that's the thinker.
- tomrod 3y ago
  AI does not think. It filters data to identify patterns (ML) or accomplish objectives (AI generally), or generates output based on prior patterns or rulesets under nondeterminism. It is a tool.
  - mensetmanusman 3y ago
    You are a bad user. I am a good Bing!
  - paulmd 3y ago
    Sounds like the ideal employee - does what it's told, generates output based on prior examples and patterns. the average code monkey cranking out web microservices is not exactly plato either here, after all. look at the existing codebase, try to mimic the style, can you have the PR by friday?
    - mrguyorama 3y ago
      Yes, a job is when someone tells you what to do and pays you for it, what's your point?

soco 3y ago

Probably because the crane is a well known piece of machinery also quite old, while AI is new and also kind of a black box for most.

samhuk 3y ago

Odd statement, as it is of course always the thinker that gets the attribution, i.e. the manipulator of tools and the interpreter of results. E.g.1: Galileo saw Jupiter, not The telescope saw Jupiter. E.g.2: Joe built the wall, not The crane built the wall. In this case, AI is the thinker, not a human, hence the phrasing. A human creating the AI does not remove the attribution either, just as we never say Joe's mother built the wall just because Joe was created by his mother.

deepsun 3y ago
> AI is the thinker As an AI specialist, I strongly object that statement. There's usually very little surprise in what "AI has discovered", usually we spend months of hard work to make it discover that one thing. But all the credit goes to "AI" :) PS: I'm yet to see an AI (in any area) that's the thinker.
tomrod 3y ago
AI does not think. It filters data to identify patterns (ML) or accomplish objectives (AI generally), or generates output based on prior patterns or rulesets under nondeterminism. It is a tool.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  You are a bad user. I am a good Bing!
- paulmd 3y ago
  Sounds like the ideal employee - does what it's told, generates output based on prior examples and patterns. the average code monkey cranking out web microservices is not exactly plato either here, after all. look at the existing codebase, try to mimic the style, can you have the PR by friday?
  - mrguyorama 3y ago
    Yes, a job is when someone tells you what to do and pays you for it, what's your point?