[mkorfmann]

While I kind of participated in the current AI/.ai hype, I'm starting to get really sick of hearing about another new application which "talks to you in natural language" or makes "Websites That Design Themselves".

The truth is, where not there yet and these people try to make one believe we are.

Sure, some may argue that these applications are indeed kind of intelligent and thus can be called A.I., but by this definition even Amazons recommendation algorithm is A.I.

I'm pretty sure that applications which "talk to you in natural language" or make "Websites That Design Themselves" are appealing to some at the moment but I doubt they will be successful in the long run.

[deet]

Just using a ".ai" domain doesn't mean that the company is claiming the product is true AI.

I don't see any such claim on the marketing site or the App Store page.

Not sure where the title here on HN came from.

Edit: typo, mention of HN title

[kuyda]

How would you call it then? It's an app that mimics a friend that knows a lot about restaurants - I believe that can be called AI. However we used AI in the title just to make it easier to understand what we do. We sometimes just say it's a mobile app that gives you restaurant recommendations in a chat interface.

[petercooper]

Things like this would more formally be called 'agents', software agents, or intelligent personal assistants (which are a type of agent).

However, I think AI is perfectly acceptable in common usage nowadays. Some people will just get caught up with the 'formal' definition, but the media and, increasingly, consumers are just using the term "AI" now anyway.