Zachary Powell

AI is dead, long live AK

Stop calling it AI. It's time to embrace a more accurate term: Artificial Knowledge.

AI is dead, long live AK
#1about 3 minutes

How science fiction shaped our understanding of AI

Fictional portrayals of AI have created public expectations of thinking, self-aware machines that differ greatly from today's technology.

#2about 2 minutes

Contrasting fictional AI with today's narrow AI

Real-world AI lacks the emotional understanding and self-awareness seen in fiction, functioning more as a narrow tool for specific tasks.

#3about 1 minute

Redefining AI as artificial knowledge

The term "Artificial Knowledge" more accurately describes current technology's ability to learn and reason without true intelligence.

#4about 4 minutes

Testing AI's creativity with generated crochet patterns

AI-generated crochet patterns for a chicken, monster, and frog reveal a lack of genuine creativity and understanding of physical form.

#5about 3 minutes

Examples of AI failing to grasp reality

AI-generated video, factual hallucinations, and chatbot manipulation demonstrate that current models lack common sense and can be confidently wrong.

#6about 3 minutes

Practical and powerful uses for artificial knowledge

Despite its limitations, AI is a powerful tool for specific tasks like generating boilerplate code, voice transcription, and medical diagnosis.

#7about 2 minutes

The ethical risks of calling knowledge intelligence

Labeling AI as "intelligent" creates misplaced public trust and allows companies to evade accountability for model outputs.

#8about 3 minutes

A call to embrace the term artificial knowledge

The speaker concludes by urging the audience to adopt the more accurate term "Artificial Knowledge" to better frame the technology's capabilities and limitations.

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