Since 1956, every attempt to rename AI has met the same fate
rao2z · x · 2026-09-21
A commentary post notes that since 1956 there have been many well-meaning attempts to rename AI: Augmented Intelligence, Ambient Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Neural Intelligence, Intelligence Augmentation. The author predicts new renaming attempts will surely meet the same glorious fate as those earlier ones — a sardonic take on AI's naming and hype cycles.
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