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Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

Real AI does not exist yet,
atm we only have LLMs (Large Language Models),
which do not think on their own,
but pass turing tests
(fool humans into thinking that they can think).

Imo AI is just a marketing buzzword,
created by rich capitalistic a-holes,
who already invested in LLM stocks,
and now are looking for a profit.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a computer science term that's been used for this field of study for decades, it's like saying calling a tomato a fruit is a marketing decision.

Yes it's somewhat common outside computer science to expect an artificial intelligence to be sentient because that's how movies use it. John McCarthy's which coined the term in 1956 is available online if you want to read it

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Quantum" is a scientific term, yet it's used as a gimmicky marketing term.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Yes perfect example, people use quantum as the buzzword in every film so people think of it as a silly thing but when CERN talk about quantum communication or using circuit quantum electrodynamics then it'd be silly to try and tell them they're wrong.