[thom]

I don't mind the classification that "machine learning equals AI plus time". To me, AI is any surprisingly effective use of machine learning. As time goes by we expect more, but you'd have to be the most cynical curmudgeon in the world not to look at the last 15-20 years and be amazed at what we've achieved. But that doesn't mean that anything short of AGI now will fail to justify the hype. I'm not going to begrudge the hype if self-driving cars roll out to more countries, or if I get a robot doing household chores in 10 years time.