Is this a real issue though? The article skips past what the problem is and focuses on why it exists by accusing the tech industry of writing articles about tech.
Besides the philosophical argument of whether pattern matching counts as AI is there really a problem here? I have not heard of anyone effected by AI becoming a buzzword. Products are still evaluated on what they can actually do, so who cares?
Siri and Google can now take voice commands. I don't know of anyone who actually expected an intellectual conversation. They were never marketed as such.
Actually it is somewhat dangerous in that once politicians buy in, they start pursuing policies built around the assumption that this sort of thing is real. Billions will be wasted on military projects pursuing AI-enabled features that are nowhere close to being ready; police are blowing money on facial recognition systems based on misleading stats; and we already see local and national governments salivating over self-driving cars as a solution to public transportation woes. Tax money is and will continue to be given away to corporations who are selling the snake oil of self driving cars rather than that money being invested in real solutions for public transit, or even basic maintenance.
Besides the philosophical argument of whether pattern matching counts as AI is there really a problem here? I have not heard of anyone effected by AI becoming a buzzword. Products are still evaluated on what they can actually do, so who cares?
Siri and Google can now take voice commands. I don't know of anyone who actually expected an intellectual conversation. They were never marketed as such.