Short version: "I’m going to embrace the term Artificial Intelligence and trust my readers to understand what I mean without assuming I’m talking about Skynet."
I added an extra section to my post proving a better version of the argument as to why we shouldn't call it AI https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/7/call-it-ai/#argument-against
@simon I do tend to agree with your argument. It doesn't matter that much what we call it at this point - it's a clear umbrella term for the majority of the population. You can get more granular as discussion gets more specific and academic. I don't think my mom is going to understand the difference between AGI and a multi-modal large language model (MMLLM?) - it's absurd to expect otherwise. Meanwhile, these systems are becoming part of everyone's life - these nuances are meaningless.