>But there is little mention of creativity, empathy or emotion - aren't these the types of dynamic, responsive cognitive abilities that are uniquely human? I w

>But there is little mention of creativity, empathy or emotion - aren't these the types of dynamic, responsive cognitive abilities that are uniquely human? I wouldn't say "uniquely human", other animals show signs of all of those. Still, they're not really represented in machines. I don't believe that machines are incapable of it, or that people are trying to avoid implementing it; more that the basics still need improving before we need to worry about it. On the other hand, it's possible that people are working on AI from the wrong angle, and creativity, empathy, and emotion are needed at a much lower level and would make imparting knowledge to machines easier.