Not the parent, but yes, with my consumer hat on, ML is the method - how it learns is an implementation detail I shouldn't care about - while AI is the benefit - it applies something resembling intelligence to help address my needs.
The word "AI" sells consumers an abstract image of themselves as having something "intelligent" and "smart" at their service + edgy feeling of having almost person at your complete command but without(?) the moral issues of slavery.
If you take away buzzwords and apply good product design, when ML-based stuff works it's invisible powering features like "autocomplete" or "voice control" or "internet search".
But "autocomplete", "voice control" and "internet search" as we know them are terms that appeared relatively recently for capabilities that people even 30 years ago would have said are in the realm of sci-fi. It sounds to me like just moving-the-goalposts such that when something is proven to work well enough to have a name, it becomes "plain old tech" rather than AI. Is there any computer capability that when widely released you'd be ok with calling AI?
>Sorry, which is the methods and which is the benefits? In your mind is "AI" a benefit?
I think you're demonstrating the issue by focusing on the name again: "AI" and "Machine Learning" are the same thing. Engineers care about the method, so ML is more appropriate; it describes what they are doing. Consumers care about outcomes, so "AI" is used because it's familiar.
> I think you're demonstrating the issue by focusing on the name again: "AI" and "Machine Learning" are the same thing. Engineers care about the method, so ML is more appropriate; it describes what they are doing. Consumers care about outcomes, so "AI" is used because it's familiar.
So how is "AI" an outcome benefitting me as customer?
That's my point. They are the same thing. But the person I'm responding to implies that one is a benefit and the other one is a method. I was just asking which is which, seeing as I don't see the difference. They're both different names for the same set of tools, in my opinion.
Sorry, which is the methods and which is the benefits? In your mind is "AI" a benefit?