Flutterby™! : botlickers, Slopholm Syndrome, and more

Never mind the botlickers, ‘AI’ is just normal technology

Slopholm Syndrome notwithstanding, if we are to have useful conversations about machine learning then it’s crucial that instead of succumbing to the cheap parlour tricks of Silicon Valley marketing strategies — which are, tellingly, constructed around the exact-same mix of infinite promise and terrifying existential risk their pro-bono shills the botlickers always invoke — we pay attention to the men behind the curtain and expose “AI” for what it is: normal technology.

Via Emily M. Bender.