Hopeless? Doc, are you telling me there's no cure?!?
In fact, when most people talk about AI, they mean it in the sense of, "do you think computers will one day be as intelligent as humans?". Cf. the moviefilm "AI". If that kind of AI is what you wish to pursue, then the so-called field of AI isn't going to get you there.
I'm reclaiming the term AI for actual AI from the minority that's misusing it and we're having a Pride march on the 23rd. Wheel out your servers and "represent".
Now that's an excuse if I ever heard one. "Uhh... we weren't seriously trying... uhh..."
That's also why I'm not dating Natalie Portman!
> Considering that trying to build strong AI is a pipedream anyway (IMHO)
That's hilarious. Heavier-than-air flying machines, a man on the Moon, sending pictures through invisible AIRWAVES?!? Pipe dreams!
Those people have mostly switched to using the term "Artificial General Intelligence" when describing "actual AI".
Never heard that term before.
And to quote Office Space: "Why should I change my name, he is the one who sucks". So personally I won't adapt "Artificial General Intelligence" into my vocabulary.
Then you're hopelessly out of touch with what most people mean when they say "AI", and what the person who asked the question wants to learn about ("Learning Algorythms and Decision Making programs").