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how about everyone stop calling it AI when it very clearly is little more "intelligent" than "intelligent device for starting your heater when it gets cold" (ak

• jbernsteiniv 2y ago
  It's been co-opted into the phrase "AI" in the same vein that "cloud" was used in "Cloud Computing". It's a marketing term to make the technology more appealing. That's why half the people started using the term "AGI" and even with that we see the tech companies leveraging the hype the marketing teams are bringing in while selling the illusion that building a computer smarter than a human brain (something we still barely understand) is feasible in our lifetimes or ever. (sorry I am just venting my annoyance with it too, I don't mean for this to come off as hostile if it does!)
  • Terr_ 2y ago
    Also the nanotechnology blockchain gig economy for self-driving cats. At least "E-Commerce" turned out to be real, eventually.
• water-data-dude 2y ago
  I’ve given up on correcting people. “AI” has been erroneously used to describe LLMs enough that it’s in most peoples’ heads as the correct usage. Language changes over time, and even if we’re “right” about the term AI being incorrectly applied here, we don’t get to make choices about how language is used - it’s its own beast and it obeys its own laws. The makers of Velcro (brand name) would love for people to use “hook and loop fasteners” when referring to velcro (generic), but once enough people are using a term you might as well try to fight the tide.
• theendisney 2y ago
  That would be called a feedback mechanism?