<![CDATA[This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far:]]>RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116379211678912109

This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far:

"It isn’t a technology, it’s a branding term, and it’s a branding term used almost exclusively for things that have no social benefit."

-- @david_chisnall


]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b8a968ab-73dc-4661-8a94-2cc3016509bd/this-is-one-of-the-best-descriptions-of-ai-that-i-have-read-so-farRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 18:48:53 GMTSat, 11 Apr 2026 19:12:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:13:08 GMT]]>@courtcan @david_chisnall every LLM i've interacted with has eventually admitted as much.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115925725205371365/statuses/116389313804570640https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115925725205371365/statuses/116389313804570640Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:13:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:32:30 GMT]]>@courtcan @david_chisnall Well, like I put on my reply to this. AI isn't a "product". It's a concept. It's the full package of a SYSTEM (that is an important word here) of intelligence functioning like a human. Language models are only one sub-system to that larger concept. And language is absolutely ridiculously simple. The brain's language processing regions, Broca's and Wernicke's areas respectively are actually very small. So that tells us language is very easy and there are bigger parts

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116388446261110605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/praetor/statuses/116388446261110605Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:32:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:45:44 GMT]]>@n_dimension @courtcan @sofiav

I can't remember why I didn't block you ages ago, but you do seem to show up and insult people all over the place. I will fix that now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116388262358111217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116388262358111217Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:45:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:42:47 GMT]]>@courtcan @david_chisnall I have @emilymbender and @Katecrawford 's respective books on my table right now. Fellow and IP networking operative George Neville-Neil quoted in "Atlas of AI" on limitations. Emily Bender and Alex Hanna in The AI Con: "AI is a marketing term ... It doesn’t refer to a coherent set of technologies.” For the record I have no problem with LLMs. I do have a problem with rampant theft and pointless avarice. Has Gary Marcus gone soft today?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116388250735242799https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116388250735242799Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:42:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:41:50 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @courtcan @sofiav

Imagine the arrogance of thinking you know what is the "right" solution before you know what all the use cases instances of problems are.

That's next level hubris

Dogma is an ugly mindset.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116388247004945549https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116388247004945549Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:41:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:51:00 GMT]]>@n_dimension @david_chisnall @courtcan read the rest of what OP said: "in the current climate, it’s generally safe to interpret ‘AI’ as meaning ‘machine learning applied to a problem where machine learning is the wrong solution’." That's the key sentence

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/sofiav/statuses/116388047132262310https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/sofiav/statuses/116388047132262310Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:51:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:29:47 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @courtcan

"This isn't technology..."

Sometimes smart folks say dumb shit.
Sometimes, really smart folks say really dumb shit.

Of course is technology, saying it ain't as a core of your argument, is super lazy polemic.

There are plenty of dogs to hang on Ai, but saying "It ain't tech" is puppetry for all the forest folk.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116387727770405667https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/n_dimension/statuses/116387727770405667Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is one of the best descriptions of AI that I have read so far: on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:21:10 GMT]]>@courtcan @david_chisnall

AI is a conceipt from philosophy, computer science & science fiction. Every decade or so, the latest advances (expert systems, machine learning, etc) are trotted out in one form or another & called AI for no reason other than marketing.

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