Intermittent reminder that 'AI' is a broad name for a huge range of technologies, some of which are really useful and have no negative effects, some of which are pretty useless and/or based on plagiarism. The existence of one doesn't negate the existence of the other.
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This is not accidental or ignorance: the public is *constantly* told to conflate the two.
The distinction isn’t the tech, it’s how it’s used—as a specialized subcomponent vs as a generic end in itself.
We need to reject the name "AI" because not only is it incorrect for 95% of use cases, but it also doesn't tell you anything.
A machine learning algo for image analysis (land classification) ain't AI, but bros would have you think it is
As was figuring out how to get a robot to pick 1 part out of a jumble of similar parts.
I have to remind myself that programmed AI in games has been around for decades. Haha
It's stuck behind a wooden box with a chicken on top, guys, I don't think we need to worry about a hostile takeover.
Burning down a rainforest to hallucinate the names of all 751 Wombles, based on a load of plagiarised fan-fiction: nah, maybe not
(In the short term, I think that's probably true from an investment or funding POV. On the other hand, there is some evidence that the term 'AI' has a negative impact on trust and user acceptance. So it's probably one to use with caution.)
Still always gonna be “old woman yells at cloud” about it regardless 😆
“That’s nice”
A pocket calculator is as much artificial intelligence. It does a job that requires a human to use their intelligence.