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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
Yeah, I fiddled around with "Expert Systems" when that was the current IT fad. And then a little with neural networks, when that became cool. But obviously nothing like you. Although I ran an R&D group for while, I was basically a corporate coder in the energy industry. I got my start doing hardware maintenance back when minicomputers were the big thing. My first language was Raytheon 704 machine language.
On the subject of real AI -- we're nowhere near figuring out what causes human consciousness, so no, I don't think we are ever likely to duplicate it with transistors. But I'm certain that thoughtless arrogant geniuses who don't believe in "Break" buttons will eventually inflict humanity with a bad imitation that will cause lots of damage some day.
Like they say, to really screw things up, you need a computer.
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Interesting background, I started in Mini-computers also, Modular Computer Systems. I was head of their automated test department for a while when the automated test was mostly an idea and not a reality yet.
As a consultant, I worked at Palo Verde Nuclear plant in Pheonix AZ designing software tracking systems, and right after 9/11, I worked on their fault proofing of the substation remote monitoring and control systems (congress mandated terrorist "proofing").
I hope you are wrong, but, I expect you are not.