AI is not AI
AI is a marketing buzz word (ok it's an acronym (or even an Initialism), but bear with me)
Definitions of AI I've personally witnessed
AI is stealing jobs (well, boring, repetitive, mind-numbing jobs)
AI is Machine Learning (it can/could be, but mostly isn't...yet)
AI is data processing (so is paper shuffling)
AI is a Virtual Agent (actually partially true, at least the native language parts)
AI is The Terminator (nope, that's a Movie, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and on my must watch list)
AI is Analytics (sorry, Analytics is Analytics, representations and uses of data)
AI is a self driving car (hopeful a self driving car is more than AI, wishing for seats, engine, etc)
AI is Deep Learning (might be true, how supervised is the learning?)
AI is self service (well, ok. Gives supermarket self checkout a new meaning.)
AI is Robotic Process Automation (not so much as a set of response triggers, but bits could be)
If you’d like to read a thoughtful description of Artificial Intelligence, have a look at this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence (15 pages and 375 references, AND 18 disambiguation references)
So, if you're talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), consider refining your definition and talking points to if there is (or is not) a neural network being trained in support of the mymicing of "cognitive" functions.
If not, call it what it really is rather what someone is marketing.
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