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by ben_w 947 days ago
GOFAI is still AI in my books.

*old man shouts at The Cloud*

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Okay, but then I assume you also call AI the model predictive controller flying and landing the rocket too?

An other question if you don’t mind: Did you ever used software which was not AI in your view?

It's not AI at all. It just has preset border conditions in terms of flight corridor and probably, predicted/calculated impact point if engines go out at that moment, and blows rocket up if they are violated. It's hard logic, comparison of some variables with set thresholds, not some "thinking".
Heuristics used to be AI. Now only chat gpt is ai