13 points | by CagedCoder 2 days ago ago
2 comments
Their basic point is very valid, and the term "AI" is now so overused that it's become essentially meaningless.
Recently I've heard "AI" used to mean:
* using large language models for code/text/image generation
* goal-driven search of a problem space
* pattern extraction from images
* algorithmic decision making
* audio pattern recognition
* something (unspecified) using lots of computers
* and more trivially, "doing it on a computer"!
Another awkward overlap with the use of “AI” exists in games, too. Because here AI just means behavior, from a simple Goomba walking left to right to smart squads of soldiers coordinating, taking cover etc.
Their basic point is very valid, and the term "AI" is now so overused that it's become essentially meaningless.
Recently I've heard "AI" used to mean:
* using large language models for code/text/image generation
* goal-driven search of a problem space
* pattern extraction from images
* algorithmic decision making
* audio pattern recognition
* something (unspecified) using lots of computers
* and more trivially, "doing it on a computer"!
Another awkward overlap with the use of “AI” exists in games, too. Because here AI just means behavior, from a simple Goomba walking left to right to smart squads of soldiers coordinating, taking cover etc.