Few artificial intelligence applications live up to the name

Both are good examples of machine learning. Microsoft added a natural language processing layer, arguably pushing Tay into cognitive computing territory. But as far as true AI goes, neither comes close. In 1956 Herbert Simon, a Carnegie Mellon researcher who's considered to be one of the founding fathers of computer AI systems, said, "Machines will be capable, within 20 years, of doing any work a man can do." Leaving aside the wildly inaccurate timescale of his prediction, the quote serves as a good guide to what AI has always been about -- replacing human brain power with machine brain power.