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Some researchers proposed using, instead of the term "AI", the much more fitting "self-parametrising probabilistic model" or just advanced auto-complete - that
by mentalgear 10mo ago
Some researchers proposed using, instead of the term "AI", the much more fitting "self-parametrising probabilistic model" or just advanced auto-complete - that would certainly take the hype-inducing marketing PR away.
- attendant3446 10mo agoThe term "AI" didn't make sense from the beginning, but I guess it sounded cool and that's why everything is "AI" now. And I doubt it will change, regardless of its correctness.
- chimprich 10mo agoJohn McCarthy coined the term "Artificial Intelligence" in the 1950s. I doubt he was trying to be cool. The whole field of research involved in getting computers to do intelligent things has been referred to as AI for many decades.
- attendant3446 10mo agoOh, I didn't mean the term "Artificial Intelligence" itself. I was talking about referring to what we have now as "AI".
- metalman 10mo agoAI is intermitent wipers, for words, and the two are completly tied, as the perfect test for AI, will be to run intermitent wipers, to everybodys satisfaction.
- pavlov 10mo agoThat’s like arguing that washing machines should be called rapid-rotation water agitators. It’s the result that consumers are interested in, not the mechanics of how it’s achieved. Software engineers are often extraordinarily bad at seeing the difference because they’re so interested in the implementation details.
- ForHackernews 10mo agoI'd be mad if washing machines were marketed as a "robot maid"
- pavlov 10mo agoA woman from 1825 would probably happily accept that description though (notwithstanding that the word “robot” wasn’t invented yet). A machine that magically replaces several hours of her manual work? As far as she’s concerned, it’s a specialized maid that doesn’t eat at her table and never gets sick.
- auggierose 10mo agoMachines do get "sick" though, and they eat electricity.
- pavlov 10mo agoNegligible cost compared to a real maid in 1825. The washing machine also doesn’t get pregnant by your teenage son and doesn’t run away one night with your silver spoons — the upkeep risks and replacement costs are much lower.
- ljlolel 10mo agoThey do and will randomly kill people
- emp17344 10mo agoDawg what kind of washing machines are you using?
- michaelmrose 10mo agoSamsung?
- red75prime 10mo agoIt's a nice naming, fellow language-capable electrobiochemical autonomous agent.
- dist-epoch 10mo agoThe proof of Riemann hypothesis is [....autocomplete here...]
- ponector 10mo agoI prefer Tesla's approach to call their adaptive cruise control "FSD (supervised)". AI (supervised).
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- exe34 10mo agoI've used Claude for the last month - it's not auto-complete.
- Xmd5a 10mo agoI used to tell laymen that machine learning was a lot more about artificial perception than artificial intelligence. Made sense before ChatGPT 3.5/4.