IBM hastens END OF HUMANITY with teachable AI 'brain'

Sounds a bit like a WISARD

Weightless RAM based neural network. Writing software to simulate one of these, and getting it to recognise written characters, was my final year project (and that was in 1993).

I really need to know...

... What movie is that picture from?

EDIT: (Ah, The Brain That Wouldn't Die 1962)

But can it make a really good cup of tea.

What exactly was the human error rate?

Enquiring minds need to know!

What's called "AI" These Days Continues To Be Lame...

... But little steps at a time is what it takes, as opposed to the BOMBASTIC and silly predictions of AI progress we're used to in very silly books on the subject.

Just remember kids: Computers are TOOLS. As soon as you attempt to make these machines more than a tool, you've totally screwed up. No one is going to like the result, except of course the weak egoed scienterrificists who insist upon leaping into the wrong place to go in search of self-esteem. :-P

Any task?

I'll start to really worry about AI the day an AI brain can be pointed at any problem, or multiple problems, and tackle them all without reprogramming.

For instance, right now I am typing this, clicking on Admin Tools on a Windows 2012 VM, picking my nose and pondering reaching down to my second drawer to get a cough sweet. My subconscious is also mulling over what to have for lunch, wether to pop to the shops, where's the best place for a beginner's family ski holiday and a hundred other unrelated things.

When an AI can do all that at the same time I'll be impressed.