Post #1066255
2026-04-10 17:01 UTC
@benfry I assume you are using the modern definition of AI that equates it to large language models and I completely agree that it is impossible to understand why anyone would do that.
But AI is much more than just LLMs, or it was until a couple of years ago; and it’s been doing good data analysis since the 90s. It’s especially good at finding unexpected relationships and hidden trends.
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@benfry@information.garden 2026-04-10 17:30
@MartyFouts Yes, absolutely… The things I cite (the grift, the claims to inevitability, and rolling with literally incorrect answers) are all new to (or otherwise greatly exaggerated by) the LLM-inspired capture of “AI” as a term. I was just using it the same as the OP (and not expecting the post to go beyond my immediate followers). I'm 29 years out from taking my first AI course in college, and there are plenty of traditional AI and ML methods that make sense (and we've used in our work), because the outputs are at least somewhat measurable or we better understand the ways they are and are not deterministic.