I completely agree regarding AI being plastered on every piece of software tech. It is dumb and it makes people so much ND dumb and this is a hill I will absolutely die on.
Comment on Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI
los_chill@programming.dev 5 months ago
Sounds like they built a neural network model and used deep learning to predict what molecules would be effective against drug-resistant bacteria. “AI” as a headline needs to be thrown out the window. We really need to start calling this technology what it is, lest people continue to think this was done by a large language model or a gpt.
ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Isn’t “AI” being applied to deep learning more accurate than calling LLMs “AI”?
Whom@midwest.social 5 months ago
Maybe, but it’s a silly battle to pick regardless. Decades ago, tons of things that are now everyday commonplace computing were widely considered the realm of AI and pursued by AI researchers. Playing chess well was true AI until we did it, and now it’s nothing special. In reality, all “AI” has ever meant is doing something humanlike in a way that’s still novel at the time you use the term, and that’s fine. More precise terms still exist.
See the AI effect.
hellothere@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yes.
los_chill@programming.dev 5 months ago
Yes. I agree. Thanks for pointing this out.