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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by ehe78qhe on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:29AM (#49890411)
Most autopilots don't involve reasoning and planning. In fact, autopilots predate digital computers. The first ones were developed prior to WW1.

If a basic heading hold PID loop is AI so is a thermostat from 1990. At which point the word is so meaningless it is obviously a useless definition.

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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by throwawayffffas on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:58AM (#49890644)
Ofcourse they do reasoning and planning, it's entirely encoded in software ofcourse, but modern autopilots don't just hold a course, they perform maneuvers and follow waypoints the process of turning the objective turn 35 degrees to actuator inputs is reasoning and planning.

AI is not magic it's software, the definition is far from pointless, google maps giving you a route to your destination is AI.

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Re:It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs by dminik on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @06:37AM (#49890936)
My recipe book has 300 AIs and all are delicious. Google Maps running A* or whatever is obviously not AI. Come on.
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