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{{See also|Liberal AI falsehoods}}
{{See also|Liberal AI falsehoods}}
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'''Artificial intelligence''' (or '''AI''') is a computer-based simulation of the human thought process. It is a common feature in [[science-fiction]]; as yet no true AI (''i.e.'', one capable of passing the [[Turing Test]]) has been created, but progress is rapidly advancing.<ref>AI dates back to the 1970s, and for decades only limited progress was made on simple subcomponents as facial recognition or beating world champion chess players at [[chess]].</ref> In 2025, AI identified the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] as being older than previously estimated.
'''Artificial intelligence''' (or '''AI''') is a computer-based simulation of the human thought process. It has been a common feature in [[science-fiction]], often as things bearing all the logical and emotional characteristics of humans, not as simulations, but as reality. However, real-world artificial intelligence is entirely one form or another of simulation, designed to act like human thought and behavior. Today's large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence, uses complex neural network systems to simulate human thought processes and decision making capabilities. These systems are trained on massive amounts of information, enabling them to use a seemingly unlimited amount of facts to reach conclusions, provide information, and produce re-processed things.
The leading AI competitors are [[ChatGPT]] (by OpenAI), Gemini (by [[Google]]), and [[Grok]] (by [[Elon Musk]] and xAI). Additional AI products are offered by Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft, and DeepSeek.
The leading AI competitors are [[ChatGPT]] (by OpenAI), Gemini (by [[Google]]), and [[Grok]] (by [[Elon Musk]] and xAI). Additional AI products are offered by Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft, and DeepSeek.
[[Capital]] expenditure on AI is expected to total up to $5-7 trillion by 2030. AI startup valuations as of 2025 were $2.30 trillion, up from $1.69 trillion in 2024, and up from $469 billion in 2020. But AI's capacity to generate [[cash]] and returns on the [[investment]] remains questionable. [[Revenue]]s would have to grow over 20 times from the current $15-20 billion per annum to just cover current annual investment in land, building, rapidly depreciating chips, [[electricity]] and [[water]] operating expenses.
[[Capital]] expenditure on AI is expected to total up to $5-7 trillion by 2030. AI startup valuations as of 2025 were $2.30 trillion, up from $1.69 trillion in 2024, and up from $469 billion in 2020. But AI's capacity to generate [[cash]] and returns on the [[investment]] remains questionable. [[Revenue]]s would have to grow over 20 times from the current $15-20 billion per annum to just cover current annual investment in land, building, rapidly depreciating chips, [[electricity]] and [[water]] operating expenses.
==Development==
==Development==
[[File:AI bubble.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|The AI Bubble]]
[[File:AI bubble.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|The AI Bubble]]
[[Oracle Corporation]]'s experience is salutary. The shares rose 25% when it announced a transaction to provide cloud computing facilities to [[OpenAI]]. As of December 2025 the [[data centers]] did not exist and will have to be constructed. The transaction requires Oracle, which is significantly leveraged, to borrow funds to create these centers meaning that the firm took significant exposure to Open AI. Given its net debt of over $100 billion will need to increase substantially to finance the data centers, the cost of insuring against Oracle default rose sharply and would flow through into the value of existing debt and the cost of future debt. A credit ratings downgrade from BBB, or low investment grade, is possible, potentially to non-investment or junk grade. Its share price fell to levels around that before the announcement of the OpenAI transaction. While [[Microsoft]], [[Meta]] and [[Amazon.com]] have stronger balance sheets, the risks are not dissimilar.<ref>https://archive.is/wabzo</ref>
[[Oracle Corporation]]'s experience is salutary. The shares rose 25% when it announced a transaction to provide cloud computing facilities to [[OpenAI]]. As of December 2025 the [[data centers]] did not exist and will have to be constructed. The transaction requires Oracle, which is significantly leveraged, to borrow funds to create these centers meaning that the firm took significant exposure to Open AI. Given its net debt of over $100 billion will need to increase substantially to finance the data centers, the cost of insuring against Oracle default rose sharply and would flow through into the value of existing debt and the cost of future debt. A credit ratings downgrade from BBB, or low investment grade, is possible, potentially to non-investment or junk grade. Its share price fell to levels around that before the announcement of the OpenAI transaction. While [[Microsoft]], [[Meta]] and [[Amazon.com]] have stronger balance sheets, the risks are not dissimilar.<ref>https://archive.is/wabzo</ref>
==Ethical considerations==
The AI boom in 2025, was blamed for significant layoffs in multiple sectors. By mid-September 2025, four hundred tech companies in the [[United States]], led by [[IBM]], [[Google]], [[Intel]] and [[Oracle]], laid off 166,000 workers due to AI replacing the need for human labor.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ai-first-push-leads-to-250-layoffs-at-fiverr/ar-AA1MOycu</ref> However, some companies are now realizing that the current AI systems are just not sufficient for the intended tasks, and are now looking to hire back employees they previously laid off.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/01/employers-who-laid-off-workers-for-ai-are-reversing-their-decisions.html</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/terdawn-deboe/2026/05/21/companies-fired-workers-for-ai-now-they-want-them-back/</ref>
While AI has benefits, some AI is being used for [[liberal]] indoctrination.<ref>https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/media/ai-chatbots-show-left-wing-bias-bombshell-report-finds-chatgpt-gives-lefty-answers-80-of-time/</ref> They also sometimes promote harmful vices [[Gambling and AI|like gambling]], and have even convinced certain individuals to commit suicide.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5545749/ai-chatbots-safety-openai-meta-characterai-teens-suicide</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/tech/openai-chatgpt-teen-suicide-lawsuit</ref> In addition, educational institutions have in some cases become "just bots talking to bots" as professors and students alike increasingly rely on AI to do their work.<ref>https://www.aol.com/just-bots-talking-bots-ai-110828553.html</ref>
Will Wilson, co-founder of an AI contractor for [[Palantir]] says: “It’s very possible that we’re entering a world where very soon any kind of cognitive labor, any kind of reason, any kind of thought… It’ll be a thing that weirdos do.”<ref>https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1971649198153208259</ref>
==Military applications==
==Military applications==
==AI in pop culture==
==AI in pop culture==
In more [[philosophic]]al [[genre]]s of [[science fiction]] such as ''The Matrix'' trilogy or ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', artificial intelligence is generally depicted as being in charge of [[humanity]] with [[negative]] results such as them manipulating humans like [[chess]] pieces. This was usually done to promote [[post-modernism]].<ref>http://www.equip.org/article/the-matrix-unloaded-revelations/</ref>
In more [[philosophic]]al [[genre]]s of [[science fiction]] such as ''The Matrix'' trilogy or ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', artificial intelligence is generally depicted as being in charge of [[humanity]] with [[negative]] results such as them manipulating humans like [[chess]] pieces. This was usually done to promote [[post-modernism]].<ref>http://www.equip.org/article/the-matrix-unloaded-revelations/</ref>
==Legislation==
A great deal of through and discussion has been put into the idea of legislative restrictions on artificial intelligence systems. Although there have been longstanding concerns about AI systems harming mankind in a wide variety of ways, these concerns become much more prominent when LLMs became publicly available.
One potential issue with regulating AI, is that these systems can affect everyone, so defining jurisdiction can be difficult. In the United States, for example, each state can regulate AI in its own specific way, with various laws in each of the 50 states. The [[U.S. Senate]] voted in early July 2025 to remove a 10-year ban on state regulation from the [[House of Representatives]]' version of the [[One Big Beautiful Bill]] Act. This potentially helps each state make decisions on what is best for them, but such fragmented laws make it very difficult for LLM providers to comply with each jurisdiction's law. There are not even reliable ways on the internet, to determine for certain where someone lives, and thus what jurisdiction's laws apply to them, without requiring a dangerous amount of personal information.
== Competing AI Systems ==
== Competing AI Systems ==
*Qwen3.5 Max (Alibaba): not as popular yet as other tools, but praised in reviews.
*Qwen3.5 Max (Alibaba): not as popular yet as other tools, but praised in reviews.
*Llama 4 (Meta): open-source.
*Llama 4 (Meta): open-source.
==AI accomplishments of interest==
Although AI systems are still in their infancy, a nearly innumerable number of varied accomplishments have already been achieved with it.
In 2025, an AI engine based on radiocarbon dating (from the University of Groningen) identified the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] as being older than previously estimated. <ref>https://www.patternsofevidence.com/2025/07/18/ai-enoch-dates-dead-sea-scrolls-older-than-previously-believed/</ref>
==See also==
==See also==