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.