Re:Ask HN: Can someone please say where AI is real?
by mindcrime on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:49AM
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There is no real answer to this question, as the goal-posts for "what is AI" are always moved as soon as AI can do something. And the distinction between AI and "just a computer program" is kinda arbitrary. All AI is "just a computer program"if it's running on a computer.
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To expand on this a little more... I think it's important to remember that "AI" isn't a "thing" so much as a "field" or a family of (possibly somewhat related) techniques. That is, AI includes specific algorithms and approaches ranging from automated reasoners and inference engines, to pattern recognition using deep learning, to evolutionary algorithms, planning algorithms, etc., etc. What there isn't yet is one single artificial general intelligence that we can talk about as the be-all end-all of AI.
So yeah, individual organizations are using AI techniques all over the place. But nobody is using "AI" because it doesn't exist yet.
Edit:
To expand on this a little more... I think it's important to remember that "AI" isn't a "thing" so much as a "field" or a family of (possibly somewhat related) techniques. That is, AI includes specific algorithms and approaches ranging from automated reasoners and inference engines, to pattern recognition using deep learning, to evolutionary algorithms, planning algorithms, etc., etc. What there isn't yet is one single artificial general intelligence that we can talk about as the be-all end-all of AI.
So yeah, individual organizations are using AI techniques all over the place. But nobody is using "AI" because it doesn't exist yet.