Part of the problem is the hopelessly broad umbrella term "AI".
Sure, ChatGPT is AI. StableDiffusion is AI. But...
A computer-controlled Zergling in StarCraft: Brood War is AI.
The OCR tools in your phone are AI.
The imminent collision detection in your car is AI.
Skynet is a (fictional) AI.
Etc.
This is a confusion being willfully fostered by companies like OpenAI (particularly the conflation of LLMs like ChatGPT with fictional "strong" AIs, or AGIs), and cavalierly ignored by the media, both tech-focused and mainstream media alike.
Some of these subsets of AI are 100% successful products already out there today—or even 20 years ago! Some have interesting possibilities. Some are most likely fads. But as long as we're talking about them all with the same label, and not drawing explicit distinctions in discussions like this, we're going to continue to have people arguing past each other because one of them is talking about OCR and the other is talking about Skynet.
Sure, ChatGPT is AI. StableDiffusion is AI. But...
A computer-controlled Zergling in StarCraft: Brood War is AI.
The OCR tools in your phone are AI.
The imminent collision detection in your car is AI.
Skynet is a (fictional) AI.
Etc.
This is a confusion being willfully fostered by companies like OpenAI (particularly the conflation of LLMs like ChatGPT with fictional "strong" AIs, or AGIs), and cavalierly ignored by the media, both tech-focused and mainstream media alike.
Some of these subsets of AI are 100% successful products already out there today—or even 20 years ago! Some have interesting possibilities. Some are most likely fads. But as long as we're talking about them all with the same label, and not drawing explicit distinctions in discussions like this, we're going to continue to have people arguing past each other because one of them is talking about OCR and the other is talking about Skynet.