AI nowaday is like Bluetooth 20 years ago: they put it everywhere where it's almost never useful

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I remember seeing a DankPods video about a rice cooker with quote-unquote "AI rice" technology. Spoiler alert: there is no AI in there.

So... it's not even putting it in something where it's not useful, it's straight up false advertising.

a simple "if" "then" algorithm

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It's usually an entirely mechanical timer with a spool or a simple sensor that shuts the heating when the water is gone. No coding required.

Imo, that's coding, just analog LOL

"If" Sensor reached temperature. -"then" Cut power.

Disclaimer: I have ZERO coding knowledge of any kind.

It depends. If there is a component that evaluates the sensor status through some form of runtime and then regulates the temperature based on that, you could call it coding (I don't think this is ever done since it has no practical use). Else, it's just system architecture.

Of course, there is some overlap within those areas because they both rely on logic, but the latter would not be considered coding.

If you study CS, you will most likely have a course that gives you a basic idea about system architecture and if you study engineering, you will probably have to code some small thing or at least have a course on the basics. So yeah, not entirely distinct.

They've been claiming things like rice cookers had AI for decades, so at least this isn't part of the current AI hype.