AGI: Creating a new term for a concept that already exists
AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is a word used to describe "true" artificial intelligence. In other words, an artificial brain.
LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMs)
LLMs are what the current "AI" stuff is based on. They use the term "AI" to refer to those models and it's completely wrong and I hate it. Large Language Models are math; statistics and most importantly; data. There is nothing intelligent in that.
Spending billions of dollars mimicking a human conversation or a human in general by using algorithms just can't be called AI. This term is misused everywhere and more than it ever has been. AI
THE AI TREND
And the worst of all isn't just about the misuse of the word "AI." Every single (tech) company started to hop on that trend and literally started to spit it EVERYWHERE and in EVERY product they made with AI features that nobody asked for.
AN EXAMPLE OF AI FEATURE
Let's take the "Recall" feature for the new "Copilot+PC" from Microsoft. Essentially it takes a screenshot reguarly and tells you what you were doing at that time by analyzing them locally using whatever model they created. However, this raises a few questions.
- Why? (Seriously who asked for this?)
- Isn't that feature a bit concerning? (Privacy-wise)
Sure you can disable it when certain apps are opened, but nothing guarantees you these screenshots1 don't leave your PC. Seeing how avid they are for those juicy data. I wouldn't be surprised if they do. Screenshots aside, I still firmly believe they collect data to train their stupid models.
1 - Screenshots are encrypted (according to Microsoft). Assuming they are, a master key can always be in their hands.