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Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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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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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

My AI professor back in the early 90's made the point that what we think of as fairly routine was considered the realm of AI just a few years earlier.

I think that's always the way. The things that seem impossible to do with computers are labeled as AI, then when the problems are solved, we don't figure we've created AI, just that we solved that problem so it doesn't seem as big a deal anymore.

LLMs got hyped up, but I still think there's a good chance they will just be a thing we use, and the AI goal posts will move again.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 7 points 9 months ago

I remember when I was in college, and the big problems in AI were speech-to-text and image recognition. They were both solved within a few years.

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