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> Of course the question is: will machines as good as humans in every
> aspect *ever* be invented? Artificial intelligence, as well as fusion
> reactors, seems one of those things that are always "50 years in the
> future"...
>
> And even if they are invented, there will always be societies were
> human labor is more valued than machine labor. Even nowadays
> handcrafted products for instance are more valued than equivalent
> industrial mass-produced products.
>

Hi,

Well, Artificial Intelligence seems to be a field of so much promises
and so little results. I know it because I studied AI during the late
80s, and nothing has changed since the last time I picked the books.
The problem with AI is quite simple: nobody has a clue about of the
real way the mind works. The current theories of AI are ridiculous and
naive, because they are so simple for the task they have in front. The
human mind is unbelievable complex, and only by studying AI one
realize we know really little about how it works.

Perhaps in the future, a hundred years from now, when the brain is
known better, there is a chance some sort of primitive AI develop.
That is a posibility but I am not very optimistic either. The truth is
there is not even a good AI system that can recover 3-D from
fotographs without the help of an operation.

In short AI systems does not exist. What do exist is AS: Artificial
Stupidity :)

Yes, scientist continue to sale the lay that "AI will be ready in 20
years". But that's just marketing for getting financial aid to support
research. It got nothing to do with reality. So, bye bye smart robots,
at least for the next 400 years, I'm afraid.

The case of Fusion is different. Fusion has been achieved already, and
the project ITER has the goal to develop the first prototype of
commercial fusion power plant. Perhaps in 30 years Fusion power will
be commonplace.

Regards,

Omar Vega