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   Message 123,836 of 124,944   
   Chris to Paul   
   Re: Is it AI or not   
   14 Aug 23 06:40:44   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Paul  wrote:   
   > On 8/13/2023 5:17 PM, Chris wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence   
   >   
   >    "AI founder John McCarthy agreed, writing that "Artificial intelligence   
   is not,   
   >     by definition, simulation of human intelligence".   
   >   
   > This is the interesting stuff.   
   >   
   > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/embodie   
   -ai-googles-palm-e-allows-robot-control-with-natural-commands/   
   >   
   > The problem with LLM that write software, is you cannot easily evaluate   
   > whether the output meets the specification.   
      
   Sure it can. Write tests as is normal practice.   
      
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