Ask HN: What Is AI?

  • Buzzword with many meanings. Currently it mostly means LLM hype.

  • <ClaudeResponse>

    There probably is some nitpicking going on here. The original poster seems particularly bothered by semantics when the meaning is usually clear from context. When someone says "I built AI" in a typical business or development context, most people understand they mean they implemented or integrated AI capabilities into their project, not that they created a foundational AI model from scratch.

    It's similar to how when someone says "I built an app," everyone understands they used existing frameworks, libraries and tools - they didn't create their own programming language or operating system. The focus is on what was created or achieved, not the granular technical details of how every component was sourced.

    So while technical precision has its place, getting hung up on the exact phrasing of "built" versus "integrated" or "implemented" probably isn't productive for most discussions.

    </ClaudeResponse>

    What is intelligence?

    Probably something that is able to cut to the heart of the matter.