We seem to have a growing barrier to discussing AI: the use of AI as an umbrella term. My former students will say “Here we go again,” but if something means everything, it means nothing. If we take the time to define what we mean when we refer to AI, it will probably help the conversation.<\/p>\n
Attached is a figure I’ve been using in my classes since 2017 to make this point (sorry, not the cat picture but the following figure of a timeline from AI to ML to Deep Learning). We might be better off referring to specific models and algorithms (or at least a group of models, such as LLMs, instead of AI).<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, I attended a series of discussions on “AI” at the Academy of Management<\/a>‘s annual conference. I had the opportunity to hear the perspectives of great scholars from a variety of backgrounds. Once again, I was puzzled as to what was meant by “AI” in most of the discussions.<\/p>\n