We Should Rename "Artificial Intelligence" (A Modest Proposal) - Techonomy

The other night I attended a dinner with a dozen CEOs of AI startups. Once again, I heard a near universal discomfort with the term "artificial intelligence" as they sipped Pinot Noir and fumbled to describe what they do. "We're not really trying to create intelligence that's artificial," said the CEO of a product strategy company. Another, who has built AI-based payment technologies, found the term dystopic. "Too many people think AI means the Terminator," he said.