I think that you&#x27;ll find that the learning algorithms that actually work well in practice have more built-in assumptions and heuristics than you may think. But, yeah, as a general rule that&#x27;s a good categorization. A far cry from intelligence, though, so the name AI is still misleading. Not all adaptive behavior is intelligent, although it often gives the illusion of intelligence, so I guess we make this labeling mistake not only when computers are concerned.<p>Anyway, statistical algorithms, adaptive algorithms or inductive algorithms would be much better, less misleading and less breathless -- if less inspiring -- names for those programs than &quot;AI&quot;.