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AI Reaches the Golden Years

Wired News July 17, 2006
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If the rate of computational power
grows exponentially, the
possibilities of true artificial
intelligence, as seen in movies like
The Terminator and I, Robot, could
be possible very soon, said Ray
Kurzweil. He pictures a world where
humans and machines have merged,
enhancing our cognitive abilities
and keeping our bodies healthy from
the...

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Maybe We Should Leave That Up to
the Computer

New York Times July 18, 2006
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Professor Chris Snijders of the
Eindhoven University of Technology
has been studying the routine
decisions that managers make, and is
convinced that computer models, by
and large, can do a better job of
it. He even issued a challenge late
last year to any company willing to
pit its humans against his...

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Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into
Daily Life

New York Times July 18, 2006
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A half-century after the term
"artificial intelligence" was
coined, both scientists and
engineers say they are making rapid
progress in simulating the human
brain, and their work is finding its
way into a new wave of real-world...

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