When headlines say "AI" has done something cool:
1. They're probably talking about a technique/algorithm trained on a relatively small number of relevant data points, collected for this or a related task, NOT a general purpose LLM chatbot
2. If they are referring to a chatbot and claim it is doing something amazing, it's probably a lie, an exaggeration, criti-hype, or an unfalsifiable claim about the distant future
3. The equivocation between the AI's in 1 and LLM chatbots is intentional
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