Portada

APPLIED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS IBD

SPRINGER
12 / 2010
9783642059421
Anglès

Sinopsi

Humans have always been hopeless at predicting the future...most people now generally agree that the margin of viability in prophecy appears to be 1 ten years. Even sophisticated research endeavours in this arena tend to go 2 off the rails after a decade or so. The computer industry has been particularly prone to bold (and often way off the mark) predictions, for example: ?I think there is a world market for maybe five computers? Thomas J. Watson, IBM Chairman (1943), ?I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won?t last out the year? Prentice Hall Editor (1957), ?There is no reason why anyone would want a computer in their home? Ken Olsen, founder of DEC (1977) and ?640K ought to be enough for anybody? Bill Gates, CEO Microsoft (1981). 3 The field of Artificial Intelligence - right from its inception - has been particularly plagued by ?bold prediction syndrome?, and often by leading practitioners who should know better. AI has received a lot of bad press 4 over the decades, and a lot of it deservedly so. How often have we groaned in despair at the latest ?by the year-20xx, we will all have...(insert your own particular ?hobby horse? here - e. g.

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