Is this artificial intelligence?

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (Al) has become one of the mostfrequently used terms in the technical jargon (and often in not-so-technical jargon). Recent advancements in the field ofAI have certainly contributed to the AI hype, and so have numerous applications and results of using AI technology in practice. Still, just like with any other hype, the AI hype has its controversies. This paper critically examines developments in the field ofAI from multiple perspectives research, technological, social and pragmatic. Part of the controversies of the AI hype stem from the fact that people use the term AI differently, often without a deep understanding of the wider context in which AI as a field has been developing since its inception in Mid 1950s.