> Maybe I'm being too contrarian but I still think this new AI thing (with Google et al. going down in the rabbit hole) is just the same as before: a dead-end.

> Maybe I'm being too contrarian but I still think this new AI thing (with Google et al. going down in the rabbit hole) is just the same as before: a dead-end. You may find this interesting: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/the-man-who-would-teach-machines-to-think/309529/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/11/the-man-...