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I'm not sure they will (reddthat.com)
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[–] 49 points 2 months ago (13 children)

AI is such a broad term is to essentially be meaningless. My thermostat does not use AI it uses a very simple algorithm.

We have a OCR system at work that runs on a Windows XP computer, people used to call that AI until about 10 years ago.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    LLMs are just a more complicated algorithm though. AI would be a pretty useful term so long as people are sure to make that distinction and only use AI to refer to a truly complex algorithm. Calling a thermostat algorithm on an A/C “AI” is definitely a meaningless use of the term

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    If it's deterministic, I don't see it as AI.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    "Hi Dave, great idea, I'll turn the heaters on bust, we'll be nice and toasty in here soon 🥰☕"

    No I said turn on the AC, it's already a furnace in here

    "Oh sorry, my bad! I'll turn off the fridge right away!"

    Distressed fridge makes upset beeping noses from kitchen

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    it uses a very simple algorithm.

    That is AI too. If a machine can make a decision based on some input, it is AI. A (functional) if statement in a programme makes it AI.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Would you call an old school analog thermostat (that uses melting and congealing wax to open/shut a vent) AI?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    There are 'computers' made using clockwork and hydraulics, so I guess yes.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Lots of people think it's only AI if it's at least a Machine-Learning enabled Neural Network whose model is at least of 1B+ parameter complexity and runs on a digital computer using NVIDIA hardware.

    It isn't, or at least wasn't, unless you use the techbro definition from the past 10 or so years (or the Hollywood definition from before that).

    Bristlebots were some of the most simple proto-AI you could make. They are capable of navigation and object-avoidance in 3D space and even show simple swarm behavior, even without any kind of computing power or "brain".

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