So I used to think that as well, but recently some old hat ML engineers explained that it was the opposite, until recently. The term “AI” didn’t encompass meth

So I used to think that as well, but recently some old hat ML engineers explained that it was the opposite, until recently. The term “AI” didn’t encompass methods like linear regression until AI became a buzzword. What I’m trying to ask is, was it a deep learning method or a classic statistical prediction method.