> "actually a collection of if statements but last I checked AI wasn’t a protected term”
This describes an Expert System which has been a form of AI since at least the 70s. If the author doesn't want it classified as AI it's the author that is trying to shift the definition, not that the definition has drifted.
I prefer an old professors definition of AI, "Computer research in commercially non-viable solutions." Anything AI discovers that is useful becomes rebranded into some other tech. Machine learning is the most recent thing that's starting to break out of the AI umbrella.
> "actually a collection of if statements but last I checked AI wasn’t a protected term”
This describes an Expert System which has been a form of AI since at least the 70s. If the author doesn't want it classified as AI it's the author that is trying to shift the definition, not that the definition has drifted.