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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home (www.techspot.com)
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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

And as usual... There was zero "AI" actually used because it doesn't exist.

Computer vision is not intelligence. It's just statistics and compute. So sick of this BS grift.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

I've worked in computer vision way before LLMs were a thing, and it was called AI back then too.

There's no "BS grift" in regards to that term. Any system that uses an artificial neural network can rightfully be called AI, because that's what it is.

The "intelligence" in AI doesn't mean "smart", it only means the system is able to make decisions based on input. It's this reason that terms like AGI were coined (again, before LLMs were a thing).

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How do you define intelligence anyway?

[–] wheres_frank@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

"Hey! That's a mosquito!" is a level of intelligence.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Careful now. You may classify idiots as non-intelligent mouth breathers… but they’re humans and “children of god,” not castaways.