I probably wouldn't call it automation, but you could regroup all these under the term machine learning or data science and IMHO it would be valid. I think OP refers to AI as the autonomous agent type of AI. Conversation, understanding the world, moving & acting, planning & decision making, multi-agent collaboration, this type of stuff. Some of these might fall under machine learning, but I would say most are outside of the scope of machine learning -- and do not seem to be targeted by the so-called AI degrees. However, I think it's fine to call those degrees AI, because they are AI -- machine learning is AI.
The question is should we name this after the smallest denominator (machine learning) or the biggest one (AI). Also, in the short term future, more and more real AI (i.e., not machine learning) will probably be integrated in those classes, so why not skip one painful rebranding step.
The question is should we name this after the smallest denominator (machine learning) or the biggest one (AI). Also, in the short term future, more and more real AI (i.e., not machine learning) will probably be integrated in those classes, so why not skip one painful rebranding step.