
Today’s A.I. bears little resemblance to its initial conception. The field’s trailblazers believed success lay in mimicking the logic-based reasoning that human brains were thought to use.
Photo: Dwight Eschliman; Illustration: Zee
It's time again for Wired's annual Vaporware awards, when we recognize the products, videogames and other nerdy tidbits pitched, promised and hyped, but never delivered.
Maybe you saw a demo at CES that made your wallet stand at attention? Maybe there was a trailer that pushed your pulse into the red? Maybe a keynote speaker pulled something out of his pocket at a mega-conference as thousands of flashbulbs exploded? But in the end, it was all just smoke and mirrors. The magical item never materialized, and you never heard of
Today’s A.I. bears little resemblance to its initial conception. The field’s trailblazers believed success lay in mimicking the logic-based reasoning that human brains were thought to use.
Photo: Dwight Eschliman; Illustration: Zee