A thread notes the language shift from “AI” to “the machines” and “agents”
kellerjordan0 · x · 2026-07-28
A small language-game thread on whether “AI” is giving way to “the machines”
The reply comments on a discussion about whether the term “Artificial Superintelligence” is fading. It points to how the Wachowskis’ wording appears to split between a pre-celebratory answer of “AI” and a post-celebratory answer of “the machines,” or sometimes “an agent/a program.”
The post is mostly a naming-and-framing observation rather than a technical claim: it suggests that the way people describe advanced intelligence may be shifting from abstract “AI” toward more concrete machine/agent language.
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