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by MortyAnvil 231 days ago
Because the current hype cycle of "AI" has subsumed the terms "Algorithm" or "Machine Learning" to classify automated decision making processes that rely on some level of modeling / applied statistics instead of deterministic code.

I don't love the way language around this is evolving as it is mostly a marketing tool to make these tools seem much more than they are. Primarily this is driven by the current generative "AI" bubble