Comment on We need to stop pretending AI is intelligent
herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoLLMs are one of the approximately one metric crap ton of different technologies that fall under the rather broad umbrella of the field of study that is called AI. The definition for what is and isn’t AI can be pretty vague, but I would argue that LLMs are definitely AI because they exist with the express purpose of imitating human behavior.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Huh? Since when an AI’s purpose is to “imitate human behavior”? AI is about solving problems.
herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is and it isn’t. Again, the whole thing is super vague. Machine vision or pattern seeking algorithms do not try to imitate any human behavior, but they fall under AI.
Let me put it this way: Things that try to imitate human behavior or intelligence are AI, but not all AI is about trying to imitate human behavior or intelligence.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I can agree with “things that try to imitate human intelligence” but not “human behavior”. An Elmo doll laughs when you tickle it. That doesn’t mean it exhibits artificial intelligence.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
From a programming pov, a definition of AI could be an algorithm or construct that can solve problems or perform tasks without the programmer specifically solving that problem or programming the steps of the task but rather building something that can figure it out on its own.
Though a lot of game AIs don’t fit that description.