Why we are still light years away from full artificial intelligence

Clara Lu is the marketing manager at ViSenze, an artificial intelligence company that makes search by images possible without keywords. With so many articles proliferating the media space on how humans are at the cusp of full AI (artificial intelligence), it's no wonder that we believe that the future -- which is full of robots and drones and self-driven vehicles, as well as diminishing human control over these machines -- is right on our doorstep. But are we really approaching the singularity as fast as we think we are? It's not hard to have that impression with the likes of Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, leading university departments and research centers around the world and more being highly concerned with the potential risks brought about by AI and taking action now to avoid a doomsday scenario in the near future. They predict that by the year 2030 machines will develop consciousness through the application of human intelligence. In fact, Dr. Hawking told the BBC, "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race."