As somebody who works in this field, I think we have already lost the fight in reserving artificial intelligence for what I would now call theoretical AI or maybe agent theory. The meaning has changed, and we are not putting that toothpaste back in the tube. Big social’s algorithms are certainly AI under the new generally understood meaning.
So when computers do math, that’s all called AI now?
“Wait, AI is just a buzzword for basic computer algorithms?”
“Always has been.” gun clicks
And if people use a computer for anything, it’s called hacking.
As somebody who works in this field, I think we have already lost the fight in reserving artificial intelligence for what I would now call theoretical AI or maybe agent theory. The meaning has changed, and we are not putting that toothpaste back in the tube. Big social’s algorithms are certainly AI under the new generally understood meaning.
Really encapsulates the last year of Internet news coverage.
always was bbyyyyyy