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You asked: >Let's stop with the abuse of the word "algorithm". I pointed out that it's not an abuse. If that is not the question you asked, then sincerely: W

• cxr 3y ago
  > You asked:¶ >Let's stop with the abuse of the word "algorithm". That's not a question. For someone with such strong feedback in a discussion about words and their meanings, you sure have a lot of difficulty actually working with them, huh? * * * In one double-barreled remark, you managed to pack in four claims—three explicit, and one implicit. The three explicit ones being that, in comparison to "artificial intelligence", "algorithm" is: - "more accurate" - "more descriptive" - a "better"(?) word choice. Ignoring the dumb false dichotomy that you pulled out of thin air and the ahistoricity of the other claim about "AI" succeeding "algorithm" when it comes to social media, I have repeatedly asked you to defend the second claim. You insist on doing anything but that—mainly by focusing on the first (and then reverting to posting low-effort, overconfident insults like, "Please come back when you at least have a basic understanding of how computers work"). > Without even touching how every other thing you said is wrong (esp. about it being accurate), how is "algorithm" more descriptive than "artificial intelligence"? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40235433> > you're answering a question I (explicitly) didn't ask, and not the question I did ask. How is "algorithm" a more descriptive term (your words) than "artificial intelligence"? <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242056>