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

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 45 points 5 months ago

I'm agitated that people got the impression "AI" referred specifically to human-level intelligence.

Like, before the LLM boom it was uncontroversial to refer to the bots in video games as "AI." Now it gets comments like this.

[-] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Marketing is the reason for this.

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I've seen that confusion, too. I saw someone saying AI shouldn't be controversial because we've already had AI in video games for years. It's a broad and blanket term encompassing many different technologies, but people act like it all means the same thing.

[-] Loki@feddit.de 6 points 5 months ago

I wholeheartedly agree, people use the term "AI" nowadays to refer to a very specific subcategory of DNNs (LLMs), but yeah, it used to refer to any more or less """smart""" algorithm performing.... Something on a set of input parameters. SVMs are AI, decision forests are AI, freaking kNN is AI, "artificial intelligence" is a loosely defined concept, any algorithm that aims to mimic human behaviour can be called AI and I'm getting a bit tired of hearing people say "AI" when they mean gpt-4 or stable diffusion.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I've had freaking GAMERS tell me that "It isnt real AI" at this point.... No shit, the Elites in Halo aren't Real AI either

Edit: Keep the downvotes coming anti LLMers, your tears are delicious

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