Instead of redefining and recomprehending the general opinion about Artificial Intelligence (AI), the author of this paper is taking an altogether different position to address the oft-repeated misunderstandings about this discipline. If we gather together our efforts to define ‘what in NOT AI?’, we can get to a clearer understanding of the problem. What most people endorse to AI is actually a wish list or the like. Following lines are an effort to understand this topic from a different standpoint, in simple and easy-to-understand way avoiding technical jargon or overly complex language. No AI tool is used in writing this pioneering paper.

Note: (1) Both conventional AI and generative AI are interchangeably addressed here under the generic name AI.

(2) ChatGPT is the brand name of generative AI chatbot from OpenAI. "Chat" refers to its conversational nature and "GPT" refers to Generative Pre-trained Transformer model.

DeepSeek is the brand name of Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co Ltd, an AI company developing large language models (LLMs).