I mean, yes and no. Colloquially, there’s some confusion between AI and Strong AI. Strong AI is an AI that mimics human intelligence, whereas AI is an umbrella term for a lot of loosely related topics in comp sci. The way it’s often used currently where AI = LLMs/GANs lately is incorrect, but they both do fall under the field of AI.
It’s certainly a problem that some people think that AI = Strong AI = LLMs.
1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 4 months ago
The real problem is that AI is ill defined and the goal posts move to “wherever we are now plus a little more” and is always not quite there yet. Writing a simple script to take input of user on cli and performing some action on behalf of them is arguably “AI” in that it automates a task that a human would otherwise have to do themselves.
I think it’s probably a lot more useful to talk about a systems capabilities rather than its labels. Can this _ actually drive a car without human intervention? Can this _ actually write software without a coder looking over it and modifying the mistakes? For most domains, we aren’t there yet, where the thing is a human level (or better) autonomous agent.
But i guess it’s no surprise that an industry that exists primarily on hype clings to its stockholder-edging labels and marketing terms.
ravhall@discuss.online 4 months ago
Until i ask it a question and it complains about wage theft, im not gonna call it an AI.