I remember back when, this guy in the computer science department had a PhD in Artificial Intelligence.
Mind you, in the mid-80's, that meant things like chess programs that were difficult to beat.
Other cringe buzzwords that people don't use anymore:
- Intranet
- ASP (Application Service Provider - now just 'hosting providers' offering SaaS)
- Cloud - used to mean that nebulous thing on a data flow diagram or flow chart indicating the ju ju black magic betwixt place that sits between your telephone and the other end of the AT&T (before divestiture in 1984) or your respective country's PT&T.
My take, although I've caved and use the term just as loosely as anyone else nowadays, is:
"When your SMTP server is buried under a bunch of dirty laundry in your closet down the hallway, ... That's in the cloud.
having said all that though, there's still the terrible notion looming, in some time period, of:
./kill_sarah_connor.sh
#tallship #ASP #SaaS #Cloud #AI #ephemeral_buzz_words
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RE: https://aus.social/users/ajsadauskas/statuses/112076660183778379
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quotingHere's an observation that should be bleeding obvious, but often gets overlooked amidst all the AI hype.
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Especially in the enterprise IT space, many of the tools and platforms now being hyped up as "AI" were around a decade ago.
Back then, the buzzwords used to sell them were big data, machine learning, and predictive data analytics.
With all the hype around large language models and ChatGPT, the vendors have basically repackaged them as AI.
But essentially, there's a whole bunch of old (or at least not new) tech now being shilled with new buzzwords.
#LargeLanguageModels #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #enrerpriseIT