re: #102 Fozzie Bear

It’s about 50-70 years away, at most. The rate of advancement in computer science makes all other technical fields seem glacial in comparison. We will have sentient AI within a century.

Of course, this doesn’t mean people with “Terminator” fantasies aren’t out to lunch, but we are much, MUCH closer than you think to true AI.

“50 years away” is Scientist and Engineer-talk for vaporware that they have no idea if they will ever be able to figure out. Nuclear fusion power has been “50 years away” since the 1950s. It’s like asking a contractor when your room addition is going to be done and he says “2 weeks”.