Artificial Intelligence - Perhaps Augmented Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence was first coined by John McCarthy in 1956. We can even go back a few years prior to 1945, when Vannevar Bush, in his work As We May Think, proposed a system which amplifies people's own knowledge and understanding. Lots of years! So where are we, and where would or should we go from here. We will begin this episode by defining, or trying to define, what artificial intelligence is. We will then proceed to summarize both the positive and unfortunately, some of the negative developments in this field. We suggest there is a bit of madness that needs to be addressed, and that madness can be addressed with not much difficulty. We now have literally decades of learning about artificial intelligence - sounds a bit humorous as a sentence really. But can machines really learn? And who and from what are they learning from? We cannot forget the phrase 'garbage in - garbage out?' Can we move to 'good stuff in- better stuff out?' Yes!