floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoCory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lyingwww.thenerve.newsexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down13
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minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 hours agoSo it’s a new synonym for algorithm.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoNot quite. Algorithms are definite, you get the same guaranteed output if you give the same input every time. AI is generally more fuzzy logic.
minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoIf it can run on a computer, its an algorithm. Definitionally.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoGreat, Linux is an algorithm. It might be accurate, but it’s also vague enough that it’s a pretty useless definition.
So it’s a new synonym for algorithm.
Not quite. Algorithms are definite, you get the same guaranteed output if you give the same input every time. AI is generally more fuzzy logic.
If it can run on a computer, its an algorithm. Definitionally.
Great, Linux is an algorithm.
It might be accurate, but it’s also vague enough that it’s a pretty useless definition.