Stop Calling Automation AI… and the Natural Progression of Intelligent Machines

Proper nomenclature has to be followed when referring to either AI or automation. The trend of misinterpreting AI for automation and vice versa has grown uncontrollably mostly due to recent developments in voice recognition systems like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. These technologies automate search processes that until now were heavily manual, and they have automated them to such an extent that this automation is beginning to be perceived as commonplace. To a non-technical person, it may even seem as if the machines are "thinking". However, this is not the case.