Limits of AI

 THE LIMITS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) 
 Five Theses

Fig. 1 SI = Simulated Intelligence

1. AI is only SI, i.e., Simulated Intelligence 

   => AI systems are machines which simulate intelligence through statistical operations;  what they produce look as if they were products of intelligence, but they are not, thus deceiving its users.
   
   

2. AI is only plagiarism 

   => AI systems search gigantic databases and extract existing texts.
   
   

3. AI only re-produces "mainstream" ideas 

   => AI systems do not generate new ideas; they merely select and combine existing texts based on their popularity, not originality.
   
   

4. AI is mainly useful for routine tasks 

   => AI systems cannot perform interesting, novel tasks (which require experience and creativity).
   
   

5. AI can support humans in some creative tasks

   => but the creativity impulses must come from the human being