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What do you love about AI? (Good vibes only please) (piefed.social)
submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I realise this is a tricky topic and I hope it's ok to ask this question. I genuinely want to hear how AI has changed people lives for the better. If you really hate AI I get it, but this isn't a question for you then. Thank you and it's all love.

(Edit: Thank you to all the positive commenters and for sticking with me through the inevitable negativity. Lots of really interesting comments in here ๐Ÿ˜ We mustn't let ourselves be intimidated by those who would try to forbid us from having these conversations. Thanks again)

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[โ€“] -1 points 8 hours ago* (4 children)

How am I supposed to know what field you have a degree in? Was I being rude towards you? I'm unsure what warrants this sarcastic courtesy.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

    The rhetorical mistake you made was an appeal to authority - "in computer science" - in your reply. This only makes sense if you presumed I don't know the details behind my statement, ie I have not studied it.

    Any workable definition of AI must be more complex than a single, complete, procedure like path finding. If it isn't, then any algorithm that is NP complete counts as AI.

    For example, a script that solves sudoku is not AI.

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  • [โ€“] -1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    AI is a technical term with roots in computer science. That's not an appeal to authority - it's a factual statement.

    When a layperson hears "AI" they often think of AGI - something like HAL 9000. Then they look at ChatGPT, conclude the LLM isn't (generally) intelligent, and decide it therefore isn't AI. My point is that the term has a specific meaning and it's not what most people think. I assumed you were one of those people. It doesn't imply general intelligence. A very simple system can still be artificially intelligent in the classical definition of the term. A sudoku solver, a chess engine, and a navigator would all count.

    Nowadays the meaning has shifted a little and usually refers to a model that has learned from a bunch of data. By that definition none of the earlier examples qualify anymore except for LLMs.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 hour ago

    AI is a technical term with roots in computer science. That's not an appeal to authority - it's a factual statement.

    Then use a definition which would hold water academically.

    Switching between proper definitions and layman's usage is basically the entire point of my original comment.

    But anyway, have a lovely evening.

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