What actually *is* AI? Is the term meaningful? Is it always the best answer?

This week, Arj and Jordan explore how technologies like AI and machine learning are being approached, and the growing tendency towards "AI solutionism". They also discuss a couple of provocative proposals to entirely abandon the use of the term "AI", and how this might aid our approach to problem solving and policymaking.

Links:

ABC News story on botched aged care AI trial https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/aged-care-cctv-trial-artificial-intelligence-false-reports/101390952

Ellen Broad article on use of "artificial intelligence" as a term https://www.innovationaus.com/we-need-to-let-go-of-regulating-artificial-intelligence/

Center on Privacy & Technology announcement to stop using terms “artificial intelligence,” “AI,” and “machine learning” https://medium.com/center-on-privacy-technology/artifice-and-intelligence%C2%B9-f00da128d3cd

XKCD "Here to Help" https://xkcd.com/1831/

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