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> AI includes, but is not limited to, machine-based systems that can, for a set of defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influenci

> AI includes, but is not limited to, machine-based systems that can, for a set of defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. Generative AI can be used to generate synthetic content including images, videos, audio, text, and other digital content that appear to be created by humans. Finally we have a definition for what AI is.

ushakov 3y ago
Can we now ban companies from marketing products as “AI” when in fact there is none?
- kevincox 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure that any company that has an if statement in their codebase can satisfy that definition so calling anything false advertising is going to be harder than it would have been before this was published.
Vt71fcAqt7 3y ago
Didn't know numerical analysis was actually AI all along. I'm glad we have wise overseers in the FTC to save us from the harmful (sorry, unsafe) effects of AI technology. Next time be more careful when you try plotting a graph of a function.
kromem 3y ago
So it looks like a store inventory tracker from the 80s which alerts staff to restock a shelf is AI, and subject to this.
- Iulioh 3y ago
  If it says "with the past trends order 1000pices of product X" While reaaaaally simple it is still a form of IA, I don't see nothing wrong with that A advanced model would maybe see industry prices and consumer trends but it's the same in my eyea
  - kromem 3y ago
    It doesn't even need to do that. It's not saying "predictions, recommendations, and decisions". It's or. So it just needs to recommend or decide based on any data (such as how many are left at this moment in a database) in a way that has real world outcomes (someone stocks a shelf). A thermostat that turns on an HVAC unit after temperature drops below a reference point technically qualifies as AI based on this definition. It's maybe a bit broad.
    - parineum 3y ago
      > It's maybe a bit broad. I've always thought the difficulty in defining what AI is stems from a need to differentiate humans from the "artificial" part of it. The real issue with using AI (from a law enforcement perspective) is the inability to put somebody under oath and ask them why they made the decisions they did. All the FTC really needs to say is something like "If we suspect your product is discriminating against a protected class and you can't (as a company) explain what the decision making process was (that was non-discriminatory) we will assume the worst."
    - Iulioh 3y ago
      It is not because now AI means that. If you want to say "true AI" you have to say "General AI"
johngladtj 3y ago
Rules tables are ai and must be regulated. So is excel.
marcosdumay 3y ago
I have a hard time thinking of any useful software that doesn't fit this. But then, that's fair. What is stupid is using this as a rule to decide how a product is regulated.

ushakov 3y ago

Can we now ban companies from marketing products as “AI” when in fact there is none?

kevincox 3y ago
I'm pretty sure that any company that has an if statement in their codebase can satisfy that definition so calling anything false advertising is going to be harder than it would have been before this was published.

Vt71fcAqt7 3y ago

Didn't know numerical analysis was actually AI all along. I'm glad we have wise overseers in the FTC to save us from the harmful (sorry, unsafe) effects of AI technology. Next time be more careful when you try plotting a graph of a function.

kromem 3y ago

So it looks like a store inventory tracker from the 80s which alerts staff to restock a shelf is AI, and subject to this.

Iulioh 3y ago
If it says "with the past trends order 1000pices of product X" While reaaaaally simple it is still a form of IA, I don't see nothing wrong with that A advanced model would maybe see industry prices and consumer trends but it's the same in my eyea
- kromem 3y ago
  It doesn't even need to do that. It's not saying "predictions, recommendations, and decisions". It's or. So it just needs to recommend or decide based on any data (such as how many are left at this moment in a database) in a way that has real world outcomes (someone stocks a shelf). A thermostat that turns on an HVAC unit after temperature drops below a reference point technically qualifies as AI based on this definition. It's maybe a bit broad.
  - parineum 3y ago
    > It's maybe a bit broad. I've always thought the difficulty in defining what AI is stems from a need to differentiate humans from the "artificial" part of it. The real issue with using AI (from a law enforcement perspective) is the inability to put somebody under oath and ask them why they made the decisions they did. All the FTC really needs to say is something like "If we suspect your product is discriminating against a protected class and you can't (as a company) explain what the decision making process was (that was non-discriminatory) we will assume the worst."
  - Iulioh 3y ago
    It is not because now AI means that. If you want to say "true AI" you have to say "General AI"

johngladtj 3y ago

Rules tables are ai and must be regulated. So is excel.

marcosdumay 3y ago

I have a hard time thinking of any useful software that doesn't fit this. But then, that's fair. What is stupid is using this as a rule to decide how a product is regulated.