http://news.com.com/Getting+machines+to+think+like+us/2008-11394_3-6090207.html?tag=nefd.lede
Some interesting Q&A in the interview:
*. What would be the biggest achievements in the last 50 years? Or how
much of the original goals were accomplished?
McCarthy: Well, we don't have human-level intelligence. However, I
would say driving the car 128 miles shows a considerable advance.
*. What do you think of Ray Kurzweil's notion of "the singularity"
(which envisions a kind of melding of man and machine by 2045)?
McCarthy: I think it's nonsense. I don't think Kurzweil has any ideas
that have any potential to do that. Now, it could happen in 2045, but
it wouldn't happen through any effort of Kurzweil. You see, I think
that most likely, the next major advance is going to be not made by
one of us old guys--and I include Kurzweil among the old guys--but by
some young guy.
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