The main thesis is that there seem to be more and more companies out there solving interesting problems, which by itself is great, but they're bolting a lot of wording on top talking about AI. Most of this seems to be an attempt to differentiate themselves in the market and access funding and I find it incredibly dishonest.
The whole discussion around AI these days has become so tainted by scheisters trying to attract funding and attention that I actively try to distance myself from association.
Douglas Engelbart and others had this figured out 50 years ago (see: the Mother of All Demos). The AI hype is dangerous, since it will no doubt lead to the trough of disillusionment.
I'm not of the opinion that it is dangerous as an idea, but rather that the intentional deception I see on the AI topic is dangerous (not to mention unethical).
I can't think of a single example of an "AI" company I talked with who did not know that they were explicitly exaggerating their claims and capabilities for the express purpose of attracting funding and fueling the hype fire.
The solid tech startups I've seen are focused on the problem they are solving for customers rather than the tooling (AI).
Not to mention that AI as we define it does not actually exist yet. Anyone who uses that term is doing so dishonestly. Show me any intelligent code and I'll shut up. Until then I call BS on anything that's claims to be powered by AI.
I think you can reasonably call self driving cars AI without it being BS. Many things like translation may qualify based on how you frame the question, but driving is an open ended real world task.
Artificial Intelligence: the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. [Google]
https://adamdrake.com/developing-your-ai-bs-detector.html
The main thesis is that there seem to be more and more companies out there solving interesting problems, which by itself is great, but they're bolting a lot of wording on top talking about AI. Most of this seems to be an attempt to differentiate themselves in the market and access funding and I find it incredibly dishonest.
The whole discussion around AI these days has become so tainted by scheisters trying to attract funding and attention that I actively try to distance myself from association.
We need to focus a lot more on Intelligence Amplification (IA) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification), i.e., building tools for humans to become more productive, and less on AI.
Douglas Engelbart and others had this figured out 50 years ago (see: the Mother of All Demos). The AI hype is dangerous, since it will no doubt lead to the trough of disillusionment.