Artificial Intelligence is Here, Making Amazing Things Possible

We have been hearing predictions for decades of a takeover of the world by artificial intelligence. In 1957, Herbert A. Simon predicted that within 10 years a digital computer would be the world's chess champion. That didn't happen until 1996. Despite Marvin Minsky's 1970 prediction that "in from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being," we still consider that a feat of science fiction. AI is coming--it's going to drive our cars, be our personal assistant, and take the role of our doctor.