Recently, I read a post claiming that Chomsky (a still-living, highly renowned American linguist) believes that the term “artificial intelligence” is not appropriate, particularly the word “intelligence,” which many find problematic. Initially, I thought of writing a post on how names are given to entirely new, previously non-existent things (such as objects, procedures, apps, etc.), often by imbuing existing words with new meanings, as has happened with AI. Then, I considered writing about how important it is for people to be aware of technological changes, because if they don’t understand the risks and limitations, they won’t know when, by whom, or in what way they might be misled, as illustrated by the post mentioned earlier. Chomsky, as a linguist, is likely very familiar with the process of semantic broadening, indicating that the post referring to him is fake news.

Next, I thought of posting about how critical thinking and an “I check everything” approach are of immense importance today. Reflecting on this, I visualised a future where the time freed up by technology is used for continuous verification, correction, and review. Living in constant investigative mode can be maddening and exhausting, so it’s much better to expand our lexical knowledge and draw information from our own grey matter. However, given that a new scientific article is published every one and a half hours and that the half-life of knowledge in technology is 1.5–2 years, it also leads to frustration when we constantly realise that what we learned yesterday is already outdated. I have no idea how to move forward from this… One thing is certain: Chomsky could not have said that the term “artificial intelligence” is not appropriate! The term “intelligence” has simply undergone semantic broadening, like the word “mouse” did years ago.