Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 2: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 2, September 6, 2022
Jun 19, 2023
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'Matthew Math' And Vacuum Apps Joke
- Alex and Emily jokingly rename 'AI' to 'Matthew Math' to mock anthropomorphic hype.
- They riff on 'vacuum apps' and real-world Roomba data-collection as a humorous critique.
Dartmouth's Overreach
- Early AI pioneers assumed every aspect of intelligence could be formalized and simulated by machines.
- Emily and Alex note those founders lacked the scientific basis to make that universal claim about learning.
Prediction Versus Explanation
- 'Prediction' became a dominant framing that confuses held-out test labeling with foreseeing the future.
- That linguistic slippage fuels exaggerated claims about AI's ability to predict real-world outcomes.