[nadam]

> 'The breaking tech news this year has been the pervasive spread of "AI" (or rather, statistical modeling based on hidden layer neural networks) into everything'

Calling current generative AI tech as 'statistical modeling based on hidden layer neural networks' is as insightful as calling any new development in the tech industry (like personal computers, software as a service, or game engines) as 'usage of stored program computers' or even 'usage of transistors'. Although I understand that the author's aim is to somehow discredit generative AI this way, but referring to something as one of its very basic, old and low-level building blocks feels just dumb.