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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't understand the desire to argue against the terms being used here when it fits both the common and academic usages of "AI"

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is no autonomy. It’s just algorithmic data blending, and we don’t actually know how it works. It would be far better described as virtual intelligence than artificial intelligence.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That kind of depends how you define autonomy. Whichever way, I'm not sure I get how "virtual" is a better descriptor for implying a lack of it than "artificial" is.

Also by "we don’t actually know how it works" do you mean that we can't explain why a particular "decision" was made by an AI, or do you mean that we don't know how AI works in general? If it's the first that's generally true, if it's the second I disagree (we know a lot, but still have a lot to learn).