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2026-09-24 21:27 UTC

(There *is* a problem where "AI" is an incredibly elastic word, whose current meaning is mostly shaped by marketing. I personally would, if we were in some sort of perfectly abstract Athenian Forum philosophical debate, distinguish between "machine learning" and post-2018 LLM/genAI, with the gist being that machine learning is sometimes effective [though usually not optimal] for detection and classification, but cannot *generate* text or images for a function other than pure aesthetics.)

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  • @emaytch@mastodon.social 2026-09-24 21:30

    @mcc@mastodon.social i see people get so irritated by the misuse of ‘ai’ but it’s in turn so irritating to me, bc that confusion is wholly caused by the companies themselves!

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