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[1] Synonyms of artificial has "faked" : https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/artificial

[2] Synonyms of fake has "artificial": https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/fake

Not necessarily true. People talk about “fake meat” all the time but it’s clear there’s no level of fraudulence implied by this usage. It’s meant in the sense of “artificial meat”. There are multiple ways the word “fake” is used, and one is as a synonym for “artificial”.

However, in this case, it does seem that there is a level of fraudulence and deception. Given that “fake” often is used exactly the way you say, maybe “fake intelligence” would indeed be a more appropriate term.

Fake meat is still a form of deception; it's something that's not meat pretending to be meat. If lab grown meat gets good enough to be indistinguishable from "real" meat, then it would no longer be fake, it would just be artificial.

Is “fake grass” (i.e. astroturf) a form of deception in your eyes?

When seen at a distance, it can trick people into thinking you have a perfectly manicured lawn. But you're just lazy/evil/it's a holiday house. Deception!

Haha. I give up. :-)

Have you been around people who say "fake meat?" Every time I've heard it, it was said derisively and implied fraudulent meat.

Yes. I’ve heard loads of people refer to it as fake without an implied pejorative meaning.

The people I know that like it use artificial and the people that won't try it use fake.

Fascinating. Not all people are the same. Who’d have thought?

Definitely. Quirks like this are also what makes AI difficult.

Superficial Intelligence may hit the mark there.