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[–] 0laura -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

it's a good term, it refers to lots of thinks. there are many terms like that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

it refers to lots of thinks

So it's a bad term.

[–] 0laura 1 points 1 month ago

the word program refers to even more things and no one says it's a bad word.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's literally the name of the field of study. Chances are this uses the same thing as LLMs. Aka a neutral network, which are some of the oldest AIs around.

It refers to anything that simulates intelligence. They are using the correct word. People just misunderstand it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If people consistently misunderstand it, it's a bad term for communicating the concept.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's the correct term though.

It's like when people get confused about what a scientific theory is. We still call it the theory of gravity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The problem is that it refers to so many and constantly changing things that it doesn't refer to anything specific in the end. You can replace the word "AI" in any sentence with the word "magic" and it basically says the same thing...