To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.

Simplified flowchart showing the “Fasting Algorithm for Singaporeans with Type 2 Diabetes” (FAST). It has components that involve both healthcare professionals and patients for better diabetic ...

While previous computer vision algorithms have been able to identify individual objects in pictures, this new algorithm takes the next step of telling a basic story about the image, such as "cat sits ...