[adamdrake]

I'm not of the opinion that it is dangerous as an idea, but rather that the intentional deception I see on the AI topic is dangerous (not to mention unethical).

I can't think of a single example of an "AI" company I talked with who did not know that they were explicitly exaggerating their claims and capabilities for the express purpose of attracting funding and fueling the hype fire.

The solid tech startups I've seen are focused on the problem they are solving for customers rather than the tooling (AI).

[mrhappyunhappy]

Not to mention that AI as we define it does not actually exist yet. Anyone who uses that term is doing so dishonestly. Show me any intelligent code and I'll shut up. Until then I call BS on anything that's claims to be powered by AI.

[Retric]

I think you can reasonably call self driving cars AI without it being BS. Many things like translation may qualify based on how you frame the question, but driving is an open ended real world task.

[dfee]

Artificial Intelligence: the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. [Google]

[rapind]

I wrote an AI to detect AI hype. So far it's batting a thousand. Let me know if you want in at the ground level.

[srtjstjsj]

Yes, anything that works is not AI, by definition.