#RMS nails the "AI" con in their characteristic manner, by turns intellectually careful and unapologetically blunt;
"We've been hearing a lot about 'AI', and that term carries a terrible confusion ... As I see it, intelligence means something's ability to know or understand ... If something can't actually understand things, we shouldn't call it intelligent, not even a little intelligent. But people are using the term 'AI' for bullshit generators."
#MOLE #AI
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