• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    it uses a very simple algorithm.

    That is AI too. If a machine can make a decision based on some input, it is AI. A (functional) if statement in a programme makes it AI.

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      14 hours ago

      Would you call an old school analog thermostat (that uses melting and congealing wax to open/shut a vent) AI?

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      21 hours ago

      Again it’s semantics, but the computer is not making the decision, it’s calculating the decision. The detention is whether it’s deterministic