[MarkMMullin]

Grrrr. This could have been interesting if Umberto Ecco was arguing semiosis, instead of this poor exercise in semantics. As a concrete example, consider "The AI therapy app is not a mind. It cannot emote. It cannot feel the warmth behind its praise or the sense of urgency behind its criticism. It is passive." Yah, no. I can also do sentiment analysis on the users comments, and the behavior of the system can be driven by a goal to change that sentiment analysis, so I've got me an active participant in a feedback loop - yes, there is no their there, its just a numbers game - but this article is still complete twaddle