Distinguished scientist on the mistakes pundits make when they predict the future of AI
by Cory Doctorow from on (#34J8J)
Rodney Brooks -- eminent computer scientist and roboticist who has served as head of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and CTO of Irobot -- has written a scorching, provocative list of the seven most common errors made (or cards palmed) by pundits and other fortune-tellers when they predict the future of AI. (more")