Re:The Eve programming language project is winding down
by didibus on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @11:46PM
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Isn't generalized AI and even more ambitious long term goal though? Why program anything, just tell the computer what you want and he'll make it for you.
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Re:The Eve programming language project is winding down
by seanmcdirmid on Thursday January 25, 2018 @12:21AM
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That's funny, since Engelbart's work in the mother of all demos was seen as irrelevant by much of the CS community at the time because they thought generalized AI was just around the corner! After a 2 or 3 AI winters, they changed their minds.
Generalized AI is like practical fusion, always 20 years away. I mean, it will come eventually, but until then...there is still value in making humans better.