Gregory's Server@MartyFouts @eniko My attempt to explain to a non-geek said that "AI" is a giant tent, and it contains a lot of things, from machine learning models that have been in use for decades to large language models and generative systems to the holy grail of general AI. Again, I may have been wasting my breath, but at least I hope I helped clear up the whole "AI is always bad" thing.
@AndySocial Unfortunately most of the people who actively oppose LLMs have decided that LLM=AI=bad and there is no chance of undoing that now. At least the OP of this thread limited the context to machine learning rather than all of AI.