IMHO, "ai" is an extremely overloaded and over- and mis-used term. It's nothing but glorified pattern matching, and calling everything "ai" is very buzzwordy. I'd much rather see it named "ml".
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM Sam James <s...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Arsen Arsenović <ar...@gentoo.org> writes: > > > Filip Kobierski <fk...@pm.me> writes: > > > >> On Monday, March 10th, 2025 at 21:40, Alfredo Tupone <tup...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > >>> To declutter sci-libs and dev-libs from most of the "so called" > >>> AI packages I think that a new category should be created. > >>> Maybe sci-ai/ or dev-ai/ or sci-dl/ (deep-learning) > >> > >> I really like thi idea. > >> For better or worse the field is growing and it would be nice > >> to have a separate category for it. > >> > >> In my opinion the category should begin with "sci": > >> - "sci-ai" feels the most general but buzzwordy; > >> - "sci-dl" is too specific as not AI is deep learning; > >> - "sci-ml" (machie learning) in my opinion would be the > >> best choice as it describes the packages listed clearly. > > > > As was mentioned, sci-ml would be confusing with Meta-Language. > > > > The term "AI" has a very long and storied history, and covers the entire > > field of machine learning and then some. I think 'sci-ai' is most > > fitting as a result (and, besides also being more fitting, it also is > > not ambiguous). > > I agree. I can live with sci-ml if the consensus goes the other way, > though. > >
