The ups and downs of artificial intelligence

"AI can only solve'toy' versions of real-life issues" However, researchers were not able to deliver on the lofty promises associated with AI. In 1973, the British parliament commissioned a thorough investigation of the state of research in AI. The resulting Lighthill report stated that AI was not able to achieve anything that could not also be achieved in other sciences. The report concluded by proclaiming that most successful AI algorithms would grind to a halt on real world problems and they were only suitable for solving'toy' versions of real-life issues. The UK subsequently significantly scaled back government funded AI research projects.