[chomskyole]

I think it would alter the entire safety discussion that was started.

Let's say a company creates an automated system based on a curve fitting algorithm. Then things go wrong. Now it is quite easy to say the company is responsible for any damage and must pay for the rectification.

When we say an AI is deployed and things go wrong, we have a sci-fi movie and responsibility is somehow magically moved away from the company that deployed the algorithm.

To me it feels that "AI" as a term is a clever marketing term that companies will use to deflect responsibility. And I think it is one of the reasons why Open AI, Musk and others pushed this AI safety non-sense.

The aim of calling it "curve fitting" or something similar would be to take the magic out of it so the broader public doesn't get confused. I think that's worthwhile.