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Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by Izkata on Sunday January 28, 2024 @10:50PM (#39172498)
Offhand, things that used to just be "AI": Expert systems, markov chains, genetic algorithms, data mining, and identification/classification.

People in the field would probably say they fall under the AI umbrella, but it's not the common viewpoint. Either someone can conceptualize how they'd work (expert systems) or they've been watered down and turned commonplace (markov chains in software keyboards, identification in Facebook images), and either way it disassociates the technology with the "intelligence" part of "artificial intelligence", so is no longer thought of as part of it.

Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by hinkley on Monday January 29, 2024 @10:51AM (#39177663)
Also Dynamic Programming, and soon, I predict, Monte Carlo simulation.
Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by coldtea on Monday January 29, 2024 @06:57PM (#39184471)
When ever was Montel Carlo simulation considered "AI"?

Some tool using it marketed as AI, I can believe. But then again, nested IFs have probably also been marketed as AI in some products.

Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by Scea91 on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:31AM (#39190492)
AlphaGo is considered AI and its core component is Monte Carlo Tree Search.
Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by hinkley on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @07:09PM (#39197891)
Latest iteration of pretty much every turn based game AI is based upon MC simulation.