When we discovered electricity, some people thought we could revive the dead with it. When we invented steam engines, some people thought that we could make brains out of steam. When we invented computers, some people were quick to say that computers would replicate human thoughts. Though these technologies did not match the wildest dreams, they had massive impacts on humanity.
While you can certainly criticize the hype around AI, you can't deny the advances made by self driving vehicles. That in itself is a major technological leap, and will revolutionize the transport industry.
I think that robots that perform some more complex tasks - such as filling amazon boxes, picking fruits, cooking stuff, and so on - may not be very far away.
General intelligence/consciousness is not there, clearly, but there are some elements of technology that somehow resemble the way the brain works, and that we can find some useful cases for. That's really all that matters
While you can certainly criticize the hype around AI, you can't deny the advances made by self driving vehicles. That in itself is a major technological leap, and will revolutionize the transport industry.
I think that robots that perform some more complex tasks - such as filling amazon boxes, picking fruits, cooking stuff, and so on - may not be very far away.
General intelligence/consciousness is not there, clearly, but there are some elements of technology that somehow resemble the way the brain works, and that we can find some useful cases for. That's really all that matters