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It’s OK to call it Artificial Intelligence: I wrote about how people really love objecting to the term "AI" to describe LLMs and suchlike because those things aren't actually "intelligent" - but the term AI has been used to describe exactly this kind of research since 1955, and arguing otherwise at this point isn't a helpful contribution to the discussion.
@simon maybe, but because some science people working on it called it that doesnt mean we have to accept the word.
the more general term hides the more specific and nuanced and more informative details, also once introduced into the mainstream vocabulary it might clash with other mainstream meaning and it is easier for a small group to change their wording than for a large group.
i generally think scientists should strive to simplify their language, but some actually hide behind it.
@serapath I think refusing to accept the word at this point actively hurts our ability to have important conversations about it
Is there an argument that refusing to use the word Artificial Intelligence can have a positive overall impact on conversations and understanding? I'm open to hearing one!
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) @serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place@simon i do think AI gives way to much credibility to it. People saw and read scifi movies/books and believe chat gpt & co. despite all the confident bullshit it shares.
also, image recognition is different from a language learning model, so what are we even talking about when talking about AI?
it is way to broad to make useful statements, other than what we all saw in scifi movies at some point imho
@serapath@gamedev.place That's the exact position I'm arguing against
Yes, it's not "intelligent" like in science fiction - but we need to educate people that science fiction isn't real, not throw away a whole academic discipline and pick a different word!
Image recognition is part of AI too
@simon
hm, yeah no.
i disagree.
mainstream people have as much rights to their words as scientists, but mainstream is in the majority and AI will also continue to be abused by marketing to make outrageous claims.
i dont think AI helps anyone and i will continue to ignore anyone talking about AI
@serapath Which version of AI do you think doesn't help anyone? It's a pretty broad field!
@simon
The word AI does not help anyone with anything, because you also cant tell which version or part i even mean when saying that, hence it is just confusing. 
i just meant the term
@serapath @simon Yeah, it’s polysemic. It means x to researchers, but y to laypeople who only know of ChatGPT. I honestly haven’t seen/heard anyone IRL immediately jumping into a conversation with “but it’s not actually intelligent!!”. What I have experienced is getting partway into a conversation and having to say it - because it has become obvious the other person DOES think “Intelligence” is human-like decision making.