I logged in just to share the entire comment for you: >The big milestone is when computers can read and understand information like humans do. There is a lot o

I logged in just to share the entire comment for you: >The big milestone is when computers can read and understand information like humans do. There is a lot of work going on in this field - Google, Microsoft, Facebook, academia,... Right now computers don't know how to represent knowledge so they can't read a text book and pass a test. >Another whole area is vaccines. We need a vaccine for HIV, Malaria and TB and I hope we have them in the next 10-15 years.