right now, when people talk about AI, we tend to really like to lump it together into this idea of "the AI", like "the algorithm" or whatever. we all know we're being facetious when we do that, it's just fun to say, an appealing meme. obviously there are a lot of different machine learning models and approaches, but mostly "AI" is used to denote this singular type of smart-yet-stupid limerick-writer and art plagiarist, presumably made in the image of its creator, the witless and amoral tech guy