Oh, if the tree is made by the computer based on training data, that feels to me like what most people would agree is “artificial intelligence” in 2026 (which is why I think people should actually say “machine learning”).
That is how decision trees are usually made in my experience. Though I guess you could make one by hand. You could also make a (small) neural network by hand.
In which case you could argue that neither DTs nor NNs are ML. Only the training itself is ML/AI. An interesting perspective, but this will probably just confuse the discussion even further.
In which case you could argue that neither DTs nor NNs are ML. Only the training itself is ML/AI. An interesting perspective, but this will probably just confuse the discussion even further.