LeCun adds 'machine intelligence' to the long list of failed AI renames
ylecun · x · 2026-09-22
A post catalogued the many well-meaning attempts to rename AI since 1956 — Augmented Intelligence, Ambient Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Neural Intelligence, Intelligence Augmentation — predicting new attempts will meet the same fate. LeCun replied with a quip: "You forgot machine intelligence." A small slice of AI naming-history trivia and industry culture.
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