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The article says: "It is theorized by some futurists (such as Ray Kurzweil) that individual computers will surprass the computational capabilities of a single human brain by 2020 or 2025. Robotics as a science is thus likely to become more popular in the coming years."  Surely it doesn't follow from the first sentence that ''robotics'' will become more popular, but that ''artificial intelligence'' will.  And AI isn't a branch of robotics. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 09:07, 13 March 2007 (CDT)
The article says: "It is theorized by some futurists (such as Ray Kurzweil) that individual computers will surprass the computational capabilities of a single human brain by 2020 or 2025. Robotics as a science is thus likely to become more popular in the coming years."  Surely it doesn't follow from the first sentence that ''robotics'' will become more popular, but that ''artificial intelligence'' will.  And AI isn't a branch of robotics. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 09:07, 13 March 2007 (CDT)
== Robotics / AI Differences ==
Good point.  I suppose I was getting at the fact that it would be feasible to cram the processing power necessary for a life-like robot into a form factor that is feasible for mass production (like the [[NS-5]] in I, Robot).  All in all the last bit isn't very balanced and reeks of opinion.  Anyone have any suggestions other than just removing it?  --[[User:William H. Bickford,Will Bickford]] 13:17, 13 March 2007

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The article says: "It is theorized by some futurists (such as Ray Kurzweil) that individual computers will surprass the computational capabilities of a single human brain by 2020 or 2025. Robotics as a science is thus likely to become more popular in the coming years." Surely it doesn't follow from the first sentence that robotics will become more popular, but that artificial intelligence will. And AI isn't a branch of robotics. --Larry Sanger 09:07, 13 March 2007 (CDT)

Robotics / AI Differences

Good point. I suppose I was getting at the fact that it would be feasible to cram the processing power necessary for a life-like robot into a form factor that is feasible for mass production (like the NS-5 in I, Robot). All in all the last bit isn't very balanced and reeks of opinion. Anyone have any suggestions other than just removing it? --User:William H. Bickford,Will Bickford 13:17, 13 March 2007