>than some of the things that defend the term for decades

There have been many attempts to pervert the term AI, which is a disservice to the technologies and the term itself.

Its the simple fact that the business people are relying on what AI invokes in the public mindshare to boost their status and visibility. Thats what bothers me about its misuse so much

Again, if you look at the early papers on AI, you'll see things that are even farther from human intelligence than the LLMs of today. There is no "perversion" of the term, it has always been a vague hypey concept. And it was introduced in this way by academia, not business.

While it could possibly be to point out so abruptly, you seem to be the walking talking definition of the AI Effect.

>The "AI effect" refers to the phenomenon where achievements in AI, once considered significant, are re-evaluated or redefined as commonplace once they become integrated into everyday technology, no longer seen as "true AI".