Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't Intelligent

This might seem like a purely academic debate. Whatever we call it, surely what matters most about "AI" is the way it is already transforming what can seem like almost every industry on earth? Not to mention the potential it has to displace millions of workers in trades ranging from white to blue collar, from the back office to trucking? And yet, across the fields it is disrupting or supposed to disrupt, AI has fallen short of many of the promises made by some of its most vocal advocates--from the disappointment of IBM's Watson to the forever-moving target date for the arrival of fully self-driving vehicles. And--ask any branding or marketing expert--names, in particular, carry weight.