A.I.

Why is it that we don't see any groundbreaking development on the field of A.I., but people continue saying we should be scared and whatnot? And it's not the usual crackpots, it's actually people who supposedly know better. I'm confused.

http://www.bbc.com/news/31047780
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/dec/02/stephen-hawking-intel-communication-system-astrophysicist-software-predictive-text-type
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/27/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-ai-biggest-existential-threat

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and the two judges charged subsequently withdrew their guilty pleas

So one minute they admit their guilt, and the next minute they plead innocent? Did they somehow get a time machine and change the past? The fucking hypocrisy of the Western judicial system.