What if AI weren't inevitable?

September 29th, 2016

Among certain folks, it’s become fashionable to state that (true) AI is inevitable.

I disagree.

Yes, exponential increases in data and processing cycles have unlocked solutions to lots of problems that, until now, were pretty hard for humans…

Chess! Jeopardy! Go! Chatbots! Identifying Pictures of Cats!

But, we know these solutions don’t represent general in…