"artificial intelligence" is a vague and moving target. I'm not sure I would call that "a field".
It's been used to talk about computers playing chess, then machine learning, and now LLM-based systems.
Of course it's been "used" to talk about those things, because all of those things are examples of AI. Always have been.
Of course it's been "used" to talk about those things, because all of those things are examples of AI. Always have been.