Will we ever succeed in creating Artificial Intelligence (AI), and, if so, when?

Question

Will we ever create super intelligent, thinking machines (AI)?

If so, when might this happen?

And how would this effect the world?

Answer 1

AI programmers joke that AI really means "almost implemented". Because every time an AI project is completed, people stop thinking of it as AI.

The computer was an AI project. Vending machines, streetlights, autopilot in airplanes, the roomba vacuem cleaner :)

Artificial Intelligence is just making the right choice. A straight line betwen A and B. That isnt as hard as people think. Now AH (artificially human) is another story. Going from intelligent to things like art, music, creativity, etc. AI programmers think its a funny statement about the human race that to go from AI to AH means dumping some of the intelligence to add more random.

Answer 2

We have the technology to create a reasonably good AI system, however there are holdbacks on creating a full AI system. What would you think of robots able to think for themselves? Machines that will take over most of the jobs because they can do it better, faster, and come up with their own ways of doing it to be even more efficient? Humans won't stand for it. They won't all be like Data from Star Trek. If machines could fully think for themselves, would they be rational, logical and know right from wrong, or would they have human irrationality and hypocrisy and have to deal with what's termed "fuzzy logic" that humans possess?

It's a scary thought.. super-intelligent thinking machines that possess human flaws. Or non-human flaws that humans can't deal with.

Answer 3

If you guys would just quit interrupting me with your incessant questions I'd be done by now!