>AI is the idea of intelligent machines being able to solve problems (and recognizing them) on their own.
From the perspective of a language descriptivist instead of prescriptivist, that strict definition of AI is already long gone. That ship has sailed.
Even wikipedia says that colloquial uses of "artificial intelligence" stands for machine learning that mimics intelligence. It's understandable that The NYT and all mainstream non-compsci publications will use "artificial intelligence" that way. One of the researchers (Stephen Weng) cited in the article also uses the term "artificial intelligence" in his LinkedIn page and in the PDF research article itself.
If and when "solving/recognizing on its own" truly becomes reality, I suspect the world will adapt and call it "True-AI" or "Lifelike-AI" or "Strong-AI". We'll find another term to distinguish it from the watered down "artificial intelligence".
From the perspective of a language descriptivist instead of prescriptivist, that strict definition of AI is already long gone. That ship has sailed.
Even wikipedia says that colloquial uses of "artificial intelligence" stands for machine learning that mimics intelligence. It's understandable that The NYT and all mainstream non-compsci publications will use "artificial intelligence" that way. One of the researchers (Stephen Weng) cited in the article also uses the term "artificial intelligence" in his LinkedIn page and in the PDF research article itself.
If and when "solving/recognizing on its own" truly becomes reality, I suspect the world will adapt and call it "True-AI" or "Lifelike-AI" or "Strong-AI". We'll find another term to distinguish it from the watered down "artificial intelligence".