"I really doubt we will have the capability of building "a machine in the likeness of a human mind" in my lifetime." It's really hard to predict the future. L

"I really doubt we will have the capability of building "a machine in the likeness of a human mind" in my lifetime." It's really hard to predict the future. Look at what a horrible job most people did a hundred years ago (even 50 years ago) predicting what life was going to be like today. Many people did not believe man would ever walk on the moon (even right up to the time it happened), same with desegregation and the fall of the Soviet Union, for starters. Science and technology are especially hard to predict, as many advances are a result of accidents and surprising discoveries. I wouldn't write off strong AI, though I'm not sure it'll happen as a mimicry of the human mind.