LillyPipJul 15, 2025

We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why:

https://lemmy.ca/post/48050753

We need to start calling it Simulated Intelligence (SI) - Lemmy.ca

It’s really good at making us feel like it’s intelligent, but that’s no more real than a good VR headset convincing us to walk into a physical wall. It’s a meta version of VR. (Meta meta, if you will.)

Show threadMotoAshJul 16, 2025
But it’s not simulated intelligence. It’s literally just word association on steroids. There are no thoughts it brings to the table, just words that mathematically fit following the prompts.
Show threadJohnnyCanuckJul 16, 2025

A simulation doesn’t have to be the actual thing. It implies it literally isn’t the true thing, which is kind of what you’re saying.

Simulated Intelligence is certainly more accurate and honest than Artificial Intelligence. If you have a better term, what is it?

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