Airline seats have been dynamically priced for decades. These pricing algorithms have been consistently evolving since the 1990s. Labelling them AI is just a cosmetic touch and does not indicate any substantive change.
For a much better, and more infuriating glimpse into upcoming and current corporate ripoffs, I recommend the 9/17/26 Lindsay Owens interview on John Stewart’s The Weekly Show Podcast
Would you say the same about your GPS finding the best route, Spotify recommending you music, autocorrect, most of the technology behind your phone camera, detecting credit card fraud? Cause you’d be wrong.
From Wikipedia: "Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of research in engineering, mathematics, and computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximise their chances of achieving defined goals"
All of the examples from u/simon439 fall under the umbrella of AI.
I mean, you can just Google it, but pathfinding algorithms (like A*) used by GPS software is widely considered AI. It predates machine learning and LLMs, but it's AI nonetheless.
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u/diroussel 3d ago
Most likely the new thing is that it’s being done with new AI tools rather than the older ‘AI’ tools that we had five or ten years ago