"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it"

Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by oooyay on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:59AM (#37846189)

> The problem is the "intelligence" word causes more harm than value.

By this measure "learning" could be inaccurate too. Does a human learn if they just commit something to memory? Programming is chalk full of people who know the code but haven't "learned" to program. Intrinsically we all know there's something deeper to learning than just memorizing or retaining to memory.

I think GP has a point. Marketing terms are to the benefit of the user to be relatable, whether accurate or not. We can, and to my knowledge, historically do retain the stories of what the correlation of a marketing term versus its actual technology is.

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by bumby on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:54PM (#37847882)

I think they can be right but also missing the point. Inaccurate but relatable statements can miscommunicate risk. If a marketer calls something “self driving intelligence” when an engineer prefers the more precise term “driver assistance software” it can lead to bad consequences when the consumer doesn’t understand the nuance.

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