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   Chris to micky   
   Re: Is it AI or not   
   13 Aug 23 21:17:45   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   micky  wrote:   
   > No one in popular news talked about AI 6 months ago and all of sudden   
   > it's everywhere.   
   >   
   > The most recent discussion I heard was about "using AI to read X-rays   
   > and other medical imaging".   
   >   
   > They have computer programs that will "look" at, examine, x-rays etc.   
   > and find medical problems, sometimes ones that the radiologist misses.   
   >   
   > So it's good if both look them.   
   >   
   > But is it AI?   Seems to me it one slightly complicated algorith and   
   > comes nowhere close to AI.  The Turing test for example.   
      
   The Turing has been passed quite a while ago. Plus the test is flawed.   
      
   > And that lots of thigns they are calling AI these days are just slightly   
   > or moderately complicated computer programs, black boxes maybe, but not   
   > AI.   
   >   
   > What say you?   
      
   AI has never been properly defined and so people are using to describe all   
   sorts of things.   
      
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