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How did everything become AI?

Things that have never been called AI before are now being called AI.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
It rather echoes what happened when integrated-circuits became commercially known, useful and available.

The simplest "microprocessor" a timer or motor controller, for example, was enough for the advertisers and journalists (most of them no brighter than they should be about science and engineering) waffling excitably about the system using it, being "computer controlled".
Punches · 46-50, F
@ArishMell You have a good point there.

Of course there is this worrisome hype about AI taking over. Probably just an advertising tactic to make AI out to be something more than what it really is.
That way they can appeal to those who are afraid AND to those who are hopeful, like employers trying to eliminate all human workers.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Punches Thank you!

I agree - there has been a lot of scare-mongering about AI, based on wrongly thinking it intelligent in a biological way, but it does have serious potential problems.