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@ZigzagIt would be better to start a new thread in a relevant sub forum such as the watering hole for off-topic discussion.

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A.I., :rolleyes: which does not actually exist anywhere on planet Earth.

While true in the purest sense, this is akin to arguing against using "tremolo" as opposed to "vibrato." Yes, that's the correct statement to make, but it flies against popular convention which -- no matter how wrong it really is -- has taken over common lexicon enough to where there's no victory to be had.

Like how people use 's to make plurals of words.

Or write "could of" and "should of."

Or "comprised of."

Or xerox to mean photocopying or kleenex to mean tissue paper (lower case letters in those brand names were deliberate).

Yes, I regularly experience raised blood pressure when I see it. Yes, I argue stridently against it. No, I'm not going to win.

Also, since you're new to this community, there's a backstory to the suspicion of AI/bot accounts. The writing style of your post about woods may not have all the hallmarks of an AI engine, but when there's a new user who waxes academic about a topic, there are suspicions raised. We (this forum) get assaulted on a somewhat regular basis by a rash of bot accounts that are getting better and better about text writing styles.

Plus the resurrection of a zombie thread is another hallmark of bots that react based on search engine results and not community context.

It may seem like an obsession to you, but it's really not. These are the reasons. So welcome to the community, and I hope this helps you in learning the culture in this forum.


(or, also, using "route" instead of "rout")
 
While true in the purest sense,

I suppose you may mean the idea of the goal of General AI being in the purest sense. But even then is that really true, as that does not mean that A.I. does not exist as the concept, and LLMs etc and other generative AI models etc certainly do exist.

I would conclude the statement AI does not exist is false.
 
I was referring to Zig's position that what we call "artificial intelligence" such as ChatGPT or Gemini or Copilot isn't actually intelligence because those tools lack independent thought outside of their programming. I can agree to a point on that (hence, the "purest sense"), but I think what Zig is stating is a philosophical argument over semantics, treading also closer to the overly-literal.

I'm going to continue to refer to LLMs and similar as "AI" because it's easier to say, easier to be understood, and avoids the "well actually" posture.
 
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