|---|* About this far. But seriously, we've had predictions of "strong AI in 5/10/20 years" for decades now. The best we'll be able to do in such a short time

|---|* About this far. But seriously, we've had predictions of "strong AI in 5/10/20 years" for decades now. The best we'll be able to do in such a short timeframe is what we do now: study a problem, create a [complex] solution, code the solution in a programming language. "AI Utopia" will arrive some decades after we've figured out how to make a system that can learn and retain over the long-term. Much like a biological brain. Jeph Jacques' cartoon take on AI and sentient companions seems plausible: a big central AI grows and evolves and often spins off smaller AIs to be placed in androids. I don't know where the idea originated (it might be his?) but it's a very reasonable fiction for where we'd originate individuals in a high quantity. (*not to scale)