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		JimDabell 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If it works, it's not AI: a commercial look at AI ... This is known as the AI effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_effect

dunham 5 days ago [–]

I remember being taught in my late 90's AI class something along the lines of: "AI is anything we don't know how to solve, and it gets another name when we figure out how to solve it".

neilv 5 days ago | [–]

Same here.

"AI is things we currently think are hard to do with computers"

"AI is things that are currently easier for humans than computers".

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