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AI nowaday is like Bluetooth 20 years ago: they put it everywhere where it's almost never useful (feddit.it)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You are unfortunately wrong on this one. The term "AI" has been used to describe things other than AGI since basically the invention of computers that could solve problems. The people that complain about using "AI" to describe LLMs are actually the ones trying to change language.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#History

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think the modern pushback comes from people who get their understanding of technology from science fiction. SF has always (mis)used AI to mean sapient computers.