The Trouble With AI: Human Intelligence

The trouble with AI is that no one knows what "AI" actually means. The trouble with AI is that it lacks a clear definition, that it suffers from the unique nature of its creators' intelligence and the fuzzy language they use. "Intelligent machines" will not have our imagination, our creativity, our shared experiences and ... [ ] traditions. A definition, according to leading lexicographers (an occupation Samuel Johnson defined as "a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words"), tells us the meaning of a word, providing us "with precise statement of the essential nature of a thing." But the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) also notes an "obsolete and rare" meaning, namely "The setting of bounds or limits; limitation, restriction."