• V0ldek@awful.systems
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    2 days ago

    Since basically all graphics processing algorithms are linear algebra and all of ML is linear algebra but with a twist, I think fuzzy background removal is definitely AI.

    This term is so meaningless you could call A* an “AI algorithm” at this fucking point

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      1 day ago

      This term is so meaningless you could call A* an “AI algorithm” at this fucking point

      We did at one point I think, or at least the computer-learnin’ school I went to back in the day thought that graph search algorithms should be part of that curriculum.

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      I’m not surprised that this feature (which was apparently introduced by Canva in 2019) is AI-based in some way. It was just never marketed as such, probably because in 2019, AI hadn’t become a common buzzword yet. It was simply called “background remover” because that’s what it does. What I find so irritating is that these guys on LinkedIn not only think this feature is new and believe it’s only possible in the context of GenAI, but apparently also believe that this is basically just the final stepping stone to AI world domination.