AI Today Podcast #48: Pseudo AI – Faking it Till You Make it in AI

With the rise in popularity of AI has come the inevitable wave of those looking to take advantage of its popularity. Startups are starting to realize that simply putting "AI" in their business plans leads to increase valuation, greater attention, and more possibilities. But it's already starting to catch up with these firms. News outlets are pointing out the fakery of media-ready robots that are really prescripted animatrons, and are writing about some high-flying startups that are resorting to using humans to do the work of machines that are supposed to be doing the work of humans. Are these just temporary stop gaps that will be replaced with "real AI" when the technology ready, or is this all smoke and mirrors from those who are saying they're doing AI but really doing something less than AI? Cognilytica analysts Kathleen Walch and Ronald Schmelzer dig into this topic and give it the airing it needs.