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As a kid I’d always hear it was 10-20 years away, or conservatively more like 50. It seems like real progress is being made. 10-20 years was wrong, but I could

As a kid I’d always hear it was 10-20 years away, or conservatively more like 50. It seems like real progress is being made. 10-20 years was wrong, but I could see 50 being close (which would put us around 2035)

ajmurmann 4y ago
AFAIK the predictions were wrong because funding had been reduced continuously pretty much as the same rate as progress was made
- ncmncm 4y ago
  Funding was reduced as the realistic prospects for producing anything of value, ever, was seen to drop without bound.