Post #2249657

2026-02-16 10:00 UTC

In the strictest sense of the technical definition: all of what you are describing are algorithmic approaches that are only *colloquially* referred to as “AI”. Artificial Intelligence is still science fiction. “AI” as it’s being marketed and sold today is categorical snake oil. We are nowhere even close to having a Star Trek ship-wide computer with anything even approaching reliable, reproducible, and safe outputs and capabilities that are fit for purpose - much less anything even remotely akin to a Soong-type Android.

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@LwL@lemmy.world 2026-02-16 10:52

In the strictest sense there is no technical definition because it all depends on what is "intelligence", which isn't something we *have* an easy definition for. A thermostat learning when you want which temperature based on usage stats can absolutely fulfill some definitions of intelligence (perceiving information and adapting behaviour as a result), and is orders of magnitude less complex than neural networks.

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@Endmaker@ani.social 2026-02-16 10:12

> algorithmic approaches that are only _colloquially_ referred to as "AI". Artificial Intelligence is still science fiction That's why this joke definition of AI is still the best: ["AI is whatever hasn't been done yet."](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect#Definition) I have forgotten all working definitions of AI that CS professors gave except for this one 🙃

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