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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/asklemmy
 

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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[–] Seudo 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

We have to work out what intelligence is before we can develop AI. Sentient AI? Forget about it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Depends on how you define it. A thermostat or PID controller is artificial, and intelligent enough to hold a comfortable temperature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I dislike it because it is usually used by the kind of people or media that live from buzzword to buzzword. IoT, Cloud, Big Data, Crypto, Web 3.0, AI, etc. I'm quite interested in deep learning and have done some research in the field as well. Personally, I don't think AI is necessarily a misnomer, the term has been used forever, even for simple stuff like a naive Bayes classifier, A*, or decision trees. It's just so unfortunate to see this insanely impressive technology being used as the newest marketing gimmick. Or used in unethical and irresponsible ways because of greed (looking at you, "Open"AI). A car doesn't need AI, a fridge doesn't need AI, most things don't need AI. And AI is certainly not at the level where it makes sense to yeet 30% of your employees either.

I don't hate AI or the awesome technology, I hate that it has become a buzzword and a tool for the lawless billionaires to do whatever they please.

[–] KeefChief13 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Get the new samsung blah blah with the new galaxy AI!!!. ENOUGH.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Bixby sad now

[–] SendMePhotos 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey me too. I gave up though.

[–] Smoogs 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

EXACTLY.

voice-to-image or text-to-image is as much ‘AI’ as window’s voice-to-text feature. It’s an accessibility feature.

[–] kaffiene 2 points 11 months ago

It's an establish term in the field since the1950s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I remember being upset about the exact same thing when 4G first launched.

[–] Haha 2 points 11 months ago

Not at all, im pretty exvited for AI and AGI. Its the future. Feels like smartphone era all over again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I get agitated by the word AI when it's obviously not using machine learning, or when it's used to shove ChatGPT into something without any reason to use it over just using ChatGPT.

[–] raspberriesareyummy 2 points 11 months ago

you are not alone, it annoys me to no avail and I keep correcting & explaining to people who have no clue about how computers and LLMs work.

[–] Reddfugee42 2 points 11 months ago
[–] Octavio 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mostly because every time I see the abbreviation I think it’s Al and not AI. And I briefly wonder if they mean Al Jolson or Al Capone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Or my favorite, Weird Al

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