It’s OK to call it Artificial Intelligence: I wrote about how people really love objecting to the term "AI" to describe LLMs and suchlike because those things aren't actually "intelligent" - but the term AI has been used to describe exactly this kind of research since 1955, and arguing otherwise at this point isn't a helpful contribution to the discussion.
@simon I’ve been thinking about this too, but on a slightly different line. It’s not about science fiction, it’s that we so strongly tie language with intelligence. The Turing test is based on this connection. We measure children’s development in language milestones, and look for signs of language in animals to assess their intelligence. It goes back a long way—“dumb” in English has meant both “unable to speak” and “unintelligent” for 800 years. The confusion is reflexive and deep-seated.
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