All I want for Christmas is artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence has become a new-age fear for Americans who fear an "I, Robot" society. However, AI can be used to accomplish tasks that would otherwise be nothing short of a miracle. "(AI) is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines and especially intelligent computer programs," said John McCarthy from Stanford University's Computer Science Department. AI emerged during WWII, with Allan Turing's "Bombe" machine, which significantly reduced the work of code breakers and ultimately cracked the "Enigma" code. Without Turing's machine, it is likely the German U-Boats would have continued their dominance in the Atlantic, which would have led to a drastic turn in the war with a successful blockade on Britain.