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Decision tree learning is a form of machine learning and machine learning is subject of AI research. Same for clustering. Why are you saying they "were" called AI? They still are. Maybe everyone now synechdochically calls LLMs AI but that doesn't mean other kinds of AI are not AI. AI research is not over yet. If OpenAI and Anthropic fail to bring on the Singularity, what are we going to call the continuing research o…

> that doesn't mean other kinds of AI are not AI I kind of agree, though I find "AI" to be an almost useless term, in particular these days. I dislike the current state of discourse where AI is used to mean inhumanly large models, so I tend to use a specific term like LLMs instead of AI. But the point here wasn't whether this or that form of ML is in fact AI. The term "AI" was almost never used in mainstream media un…

I agree it's misleading and it's very frustrating. I blame the lay press and social media that as you say became very suddenly aware of the results of AI research. This happened at different times, e.g. in 2016 with AlphaGo, then in 2017 with OpenAIFive etc etc. And lately again with LLMs.

I don't agree that it's a useless term. AI, as a research area, is well-defined by its journals and conferences and the grants that support that research. It's not the fault of the AI research community that OpenAI's app went viral and now there's so much confusion in mainstream discourse about the term. I try to set the record straight whenever I can but it does feel like fighting a pointless rearguard action, even in this community that is better informed than most.

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