I confess I made a foolish decision recently to actually attempt to gauge where we are in Artificial Intelligence development. Ya right, what in the world was I thinking?
What I found was an unfathomable thick cloud of hype, marketing swill, techno babble, vaporware, blue sky visions, nonsense, misdirection, obfuscation and AI stickers stuck on every product including toilets. By adding an AI sticker and a .15 cent chip board which fails in 90 days you can charge an additional $700 for the toilet. All this to a device that works extremely well without any technology or AI. The marketing noise really makes me angry!
As XBOT 4000 says to 11-45-G (Metro) in Love Death & Robots “Jeez, calm down your motherboard”.
All of which is not to say that there are no honest firms (a relative term) who are sincere about their work on artificial intelligence and making impressive progress as there certainly are. However they are buried in the utter blizzard of marketing swill from every company who slaps an AI sticker on their shovels and claims a higher price for a “smart AI shovel”.
In those instances where AI is applicable and is integrated it is wonderful to have options for everyone’s benefit. But it also means that consumers must investigate very thoroughly the claims of AI with the product they are pondering. “There is a fool born every minute” bemoans how people are constantly gullible, easily deceived, and prone to making foolish choices and being swindled.
And speaking of Artificial Intelligence mine SCI-FI series of six books the first book D.A.R.I.A. One will be free on Feb 14th and 15th, 2026. Click on the pic above and download from Amazon and enjoy.
Of course if you are kinda done to death of AI and all its palaver you might enjoy the more basic richness of Pictures For Your Mind. Also free on Feb. 14th and 15th of 2026. Just click on the pic and download from Amazon. I’m sure you will enjoy a chuckle or two.
So here is the thing about the “artificial intelligence world race”, anyone that can is in a no holds barred race for AI dominance. In many ways it is another “nuclear bomb race” insomuch as he who has it first has dominance. Never mind that we are not sure of all the benefits or the shortcomings. All those details will be worked out later, but right now you MUST be the clear winner and have world dominance.
The other thing that becomes painfully clear is that “media” can never be trusted as they are bought and sold by the highest bidder with utterly zero concern for the consumer.
Best
Martin E. Silenus