Indeed. History, frequently ignored by today's techies, teaches us to be highly skeptical of claims about AI. In fact, if you developed a predictive algorithm

Indeed. History, frequently ignored by today's techies, teaches us to be highly skeptical of claims about AI. In fact, if you developed a predictive algorithm that assigns degrees of doubt to claims about certain topics, I bet it would assign pretty high doubt to most claims about AI. There's just something about intelligence that we don't quite get. It's almost like the closer we get to understanding it the harder the problem becomes. I honestly don't think the "next big thing" can be rightfully called AI. I think in practical terms there's a lot of action around automating certain tasks that require a degree of pattern recognition. But should we really classify that as AI? I don't know. My bias has always been to define terms more tightly rather than loosely. Loosely defined terms lead to miscommunication and mismanaged expectations. Right now, it seems like AI is becoming a pretty loosely defined term. And that attracts hucksters and hustlers of all types.