Reply to post: Or Sophie

Mything the point: The AI renaissance is simply expensive hardware and PR thrown at an old idea

To Mars in Man Bras!
Facepalm

Or Sophie

You almost beat me to the punch. I came here to pour cold sick on the idiotically twee stories that keep popping up telling us how AI bots "think" things or "want" stuff.

Here's a classic example from Re-Tweet Central [formerly known as BBC News]:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42122742/sophia-the-robot-wants-a-baby-and-says-family-is-really-important

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