ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : IS IT NEW ?

IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW ? ACTUALLY THE GREEKS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C.E HAD A WORD FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN JUST SMALL LETTERS. IT WAS CALLED "SOPHISTRY ". PROTAGORAS WAS A SOPHIST. PLATO COMMENTED THAT PROTAGORAS SUBSUTUTED SURVEYS FOR WISDOM. IT'S LIKE POLITICIANS USING RHETORIC BASED ON SAMPLE OPINIONS GATHERED FROM A CANVAS OF POTENTIAL VOTERS. AI IS THE INCARNATION OF SOPHISTRY .