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Philosopher avoids AI jargon to curb boosterism

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Keith Wilson, a philosophy of mind instructor, is making a conscious effort to avoid using anthropomorphic terms when discussing artificial intelligence. He finds it challenging to teach concepts like neural networks and machine learning without resorting to such language. Wilson believes that by avoiding these terms, the exaggerated claims made by AI proponents become less convincing. AI

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    I’ve been trying to avoid the use of anthropomorphic terms like ‘neural networks’, ‘machine learning’, ‘image recognition’, etc. when teaching philosophy of min

    I’ve been trying to avoid the use of anthropomorphic terms like ‘neural networks’, ‘machine learning’, ‘image recognition’, etc. when teaching philosophy of mind and AI* this term. It’s surprisingly hard and makes the exaggerated claims of #AI boosters much less plausible.

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