somebody wrote:
> OTOH, software is as dumb as ever,

Oh, I disagree.

> without any credible hope of AI on the horizon, 

There never was. By the time it's credible hope, it's not AI any more.

> humans have not visited the moon in my lifetime, 

Of course we have. Just not in person. That's because we have excellent AI.

> lifespans have not noticably increased 

But quality of life has.

> and little progress has been made towards curing the
> major killers like cancer. 

I disagree.  Just because we don't have a pill to cure them all doesn't mean 
we made no progress.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
    you literally shooting yourself in the foot.

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