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I’m instantly suspicious when anyone uses the term “AI”.
by wrs 2y ago
I’m instantly suspicious when anyone uses the term “AI”.
- bdangubic 2y agoin 2024 thats as crazy as being suspicious of anyone that uses the term “internet”
- taway1874 2y agoNo, it's not crazy at all. Back in the early noughts everyone was associating themselves with Internet and WorldWideWeb (yes, they used to spell that out). Same thing happening today with AI. It is irritating ...
- wrs 2y agoI guess your perception depends on how many tech hype cycles you’ve lived through. I’ve lived through three for “AI” alone.
- 8338550bff96 2y agoWho cares what it is called? I care about the capabilities. In my experience when people say things like this what they're just projecting insecurity
- ocular-rockular 2y agoYou would be surprised how many people have no idea what "machine learning" means (not even technical definition but just as in the field). I'm working on a PhD in an adjacent field and basically have to tell people I work in AI for them to have any semblance of what I do.
- namaria 2y agoI don't think telling people that have no idea what machine learning is that you work with 'AI' is giving them any semblance of understanding what you do.
- ocular-rockular 2y agoNo, it's not. But at least they have some relative, albeit flawed, context. It's the difference of having heard of something vs not.
- kmmlng 2y agoI used to be in the same camp, but have since abandoned this position. The world has changed. Very serious people use the term "AI" nowadays. I don't find that it's a high-precision signal for identifying charlatans anymore (though it is high-recall).