It's Alive!

From airport tarmacs to online job banks to medical labs, artificial intelligence is everywhere. In the 1960s, cyberneticians predicted that machines would be smarter than people within 20 years. Artificially intelligent computers would be building cities on Mars and solving diplomatic crises at home. But somewhere between promise and production, the fantasy got derailed. AI came to mean a computer that could beat the pants off most chess players, but not one that could vacuum the living room or understand why it's a bad idea to spread toothpaste on toast.