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Anything moderately related to software and data is called AI now, because that's what gets the upvotes.

AFAIK classification, deep learning, ML, etc. all are valid subsets of AI

It's more like complex linear regressions. The term "AI" evokes the idea of computers possessing something similar to human intelligence which it very much is not. We don't even properly understand how the human brain works.

Yeah i am totally with you. AI can mean linear regressions and often does.

"look Ma i'm writing my own AI algorithm!!!" ... "writes linear regression by hand in python"

There’s no need for AI to actually work the same way that the human brain works, and that’s never been part of the definition of “AI.”

During a recent discussion on this topic, this emerged with regard to "what is AI":

A. System should, without prompting, identify areas of improvement and innovation

B. Automated collection of data and the processing thereof, combined with application towards a concrete goal — does not qualify under A.

C. Part of A. is willing and unwilling discovery and exposure to both benevolent and adversarial environments and operating conditions

This is just moving the goalposts around so that you can take advantage of the hype boost you get from calling everything "AI".

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