And “AI” in general, and in a technical sense, is just a label for a set of techniques which have the common goal that computers solve certain, hitherto unsolved, complex tasks. The content of the set, and thus the exact meaning of the label changes over time. For example recognition of handwritten digits, graph algorithms e.g. for route planning, or backtracking algorithms playing board games were once considered AI, but aren’t today.
Which is separate from the mere belief that computers will become as “intelligent” as humans - this is a kind of belief system with some quasi-religuous aspects.
It would be better to not call it “AI” but “experimental novel computing methods”, leaving out the quasi-religuous stuff…
And “AI” in general, and in a technical sense, is just a label for a set of techniques which have the common goal that computers solve certain, hitherto unsolved, complex tasks. The content of the set, and thus the exact meaning of the label changes over time. For example recognition of handwritten digits, graph algorithms e.g. for route planning, or backtracking algorithms playing board games were once considered AI, but aren’t today.
Which is separate from the mere belief that computers will become as “intelligent” as humans - this is a kind of belief system with some quasi-religuous aspects.
It would be better to not call it “AI” but “experimental novel computing methods”, leaving out the quasi-religuous stuff…