Evaluating Artificial Intelligence – Shining Opportunity Or Carefully Designed Trap

No other devices have changed daily life more than the computer and its near relation – the Internet. Around the world, millions use them to gain access to information both significant and trivial. New uses are greedily absorbed by “early adopters” who eagerly await the newest toy. “Artificial Intelligence” is that newest toy. The idea of a computer that surpasses human intelligence is one that delights many modern minds. Mr. John Horvat looks seriously at the implications of these wide-ranging developments.