Whitney Merrill

RT @Nash076
AI is not artificial intelligence. It's an aggregator that uses statistical analysis and pattern recognition to identify elements of a photo, of writing, or whatever task it's being used for.

Think of how many people here on social media can't grasp that.

Neither can CEOs.

May 4, 2023 at 4:21amWeb
Show threadCallistoMay 4, 2023

@wbm312 To say that, you'd need first to define "intelligence" as something that AI is not.

"Intelligence," as commonly used in the global north/west, is a proxy for whiteness. https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2019/08/14/statistics-show-iq-disparities-between-races-heres-what-that-really-means/?sh=776754f34490

Which is just how most AI is programmed. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-020-00415-6

Statistics Show IQ Disparities Between Races. Here's What That Really Means

Why is African IQ so low compared to Asians and whites? This question was originally answered on Quora by Harriet Washington.

Forbes
Show threadBrianMay 4, 2023
What happens if we grasp that?
Show threadlupus_blackfurMay 4, 2023

@wbm312

Just being pedantic here perhaps but AI is, by definition, artificial intelligence...

I think what you meant to indicate is those things to which the term "AI" is currently being applied are not artificial intelligence. Rather, those things are predictive automation that happens to be enhanced by "machine learning" (read: training) which is a tangent of AI.

To that I fully agree and have been railing about this distinction since these things jumped into the news.

Show threadPineMay 4, 2023
@wbm312 You were being snarky, so let me offer a snarky counter point. Don't let your hubris blind you. Those people who you insult might be more correct about the matter than than you. AI is not the latest tulip craze or bitcoin scam you seem to imply. Perhaps humans are statistical pattern recognizers too. You might want to look into the cognitive and AI science facts a little deeper before insulting those who have.