'Artificial Intelligence' was 2016's fake news • The Register

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"Fake news" vexed the media classes greatly in 2016, but the tech world perfected the art long ago. With "the internet" no longer a credible vehicle for Silicon Valley's wild fantasies and intellectual bullying of other industries – the internet clearly isn't working for people – "AI" has taken its place. Almost everything you read about AI is fake news. The AI coverage comes from a media willing itself into a mind of a three year old child, in order to be impressed. For example, how many human jobs did AI replace in 2016?