They want you to treat it as a Machine God, when it's really just a retarded series of algorithms that have been told what answers to give, regardless of input, meaning it's not even the I in it's name.
Or, sometimes, it's literally just 500 Indian dudes.
...and yet people keep treating AI as if it's some sort of oracle...
That's intentional because of exactly this.
They want you to treat it as a Machine God, when it's really just a retarded series of algorithms that have been told what answers to give, regardless of input, meaning it's not even the I in it's name.
Or, sometimes, it's literally just 500 Indian dudes.
Motherfuckers trying to play us like the Wizard of Oz.
^100%
If the average normie was explained what AI actually is I think their reaction would be, "Oh. That's it?"
That's exactly what happens when I explained it to all of my friends.