Please Stop Saying 'An AI'

Definitions of the term'Artificial Intelligence' tend to fit one of the following categories: While all of these options are similar in that they deal with'intelligent behavior' in computers, they are also quite different. The first refers to a research discipline, while the second and third describe what that research discipline seeks to create. The ways in which the term'AI' can be used depend on which of these definitions you consider valid. For instance, news articles often have titles to the effect of "Google's new AI learned X" or "A new AI can do Y," such as: But, such usage ("An AI Developed", "AI can now", etc.) is only valid with that third'intelligent entity' definition. If the first'field of research' definition is chosen instead, these titles would have to be rewritten as "Google's new AI algorithm learned X" or "A new AI system can do Y."