Marvin Minsky On AI

An anonymous reader writes "In a three-part Dr. Dobbs podcast, AI pioneer and MIT professor Marvin Minsky examines the failures of AI research and lays out directions for future developments in the field. In part 1, 'It's 2001. Where's HAL?' he looks at the unfulfilled promises of artificial intelligence. In part 2 and in part 3 he offers hope that real progress is in the offing. With this talk from Minsky, Congressional testimony on the digital future from Tim Berners-Lee, life-extension evangelization from Ray Kurzweil, and Stephen Hawking planning to go into space, it seems like we may be on the verge of another AI or future-science bubble."

Comments

another one?

[mastershake_phd]

Did I miss the first AI bubble? Was it that chess playing computer?

Its 2001. Where's HAL?

[patio11]

This professor doesn't need AI, he needs a time server. Now.

Re:slightly off-topic - general post on AI

[Tablizer]

A lot of people think that the main goal of AI is to create a system that is capable of emulating human intelligence.

No, regular Joe defines it as the ability to fetch a beer, and go to the store to buy them if the fridge is out.

Re:Ya know what is really funny?

[Tablizer]

this is a dupe from 2003 where it was already 2 years old. So I guess we'll see these podcasts on Slashdot again in 2015.

The best test for true AI is perhaps detecting dupes.

I'm sorry Dave

[VGPowerlord]

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid AI can't do that.