oh and on the topic of AI, in the 60s i worked during my student holidays for a major utility firm supplying gas to domestic customers.

when a meter reader couldn't get into the premises, the gas usage was estimated. however, if the estimate was too high, in some cases the next real reading was less than the previous estimated reading.

the computer then assumed the customer had gone all the way round the meter and sent a bill for thousands of pounds,

that was AI in action many years ago. a machine took a decision - or rather made an assumption and human customers suffered.

apart from a phenomenal increase in complexity what's the difference?