This is why the term “AI” sucks so much. Even “machine learning” is kind of misleading.

Large-scale statistical computing obviously has uses, especially for subjects that lend themselves well to statistical analysis of large and varied data sets, like astronomical observations.

Sticking all of the text on the internet into a blender and expecting the resulting statistical weights to produce some kind of oracle is… Well, exactly what you’d expect the tech cultists to pivot to after crypto fell apart, tbh, but still incredibly dumb.

Calling them both “AI” does a tremendous disservice to us all. But here we are, unable to escape the marketing.