AI this, AI that, AI powered, AI featured, AI support blah blah blah. This is where I snap. Everything is AI, or AI is everything. Everything doesn’t need to have AI. Like what do you mean my mattress, has AI and tracks my sleep activity? The current shift of AI centric market, has changed the whole definition of AI. The core idea, the fundamental concept of AI is lost as of today. Because, everything, even the most retro thing, is getting the stickers of “AI”, suddenly making it future.
Everything is AI. Literally. Because:
What used to be Rule-based automation, is now AI assistant. Similarly, Autocomplete is AI suggestion, Photo Enhancement is AI image generation, Tag-based recommendation is AI personalization.
Is that even AI? Or is that just rebranding?
It’s basic automation, or simple heuristics. A doorbell sending a push notification isn’t AI, an app using logic to sort tasks isn’t AI, and a calculator is definitely not AI for math.
Well, what do you think?

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The tech industry has diluted the meaning of AI by slapping the label on basic automation and simple heuristics. Features like rule-based automation, autocomplete, and photo enhancement are being rebranded as AI assistants, AI suggestions, and AI generation respectively. This marketing-driven approach has fundamentally changed how AI is perceived, with even basic calculators and doorbells being marketed as AI-powered products.

i snap today.

YES, Thank you for saying it. I feel like every Algorithm has been rebranded to AI for the Hype even tho its not?

you’ll see people like us… we are minority, so for the stupid world it’s called innovation -_-

AI is the tech flavor of the week for the past two or three years. Since Next Big Thing hasn’t showed up to replace it, companies just keep doubling down. One would have thought it would have gone quietly into its niche like all other hype cycle tech by now.

You’ve got to understand that “AI” is just a fad of these days. We are getting stuffed with it every step we take, no matter where we go. I don’t mind it as It’s just something that will either stay as is or fade away as many “cool” slogans. You see, people love to brag about things that are fashionable. AI is currently the most used word in the world along with f-word. I, personally, treat this normally and let it sink. If yo try to fight it or whine, you become one of those “smart a$$” people who have to prove to everyone how offended or bored with something you are. My recommendation is to just let it go.

This is like how everything needed to have High Definition to get sold and suddenly they were selling HD sunglasses even. I used to so get annoyed by everything they slapped the High Definition term on to sell.