<story><title>One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence: 2016 Report</title><url>https://ai100.stanford.edu/2016-report</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skurilyak</author><text>&amp;quot;Contrary to the more fantastic predictions for AI in the popular press, the Study Panel found no cause for concern that AI is an imminent threat to humankind&amp;quot;
-- Stanford Study Panel, comprised of seventeen experts in AI from academia, corporate laboratories and industry, and AI-savvy scholars in law, political science, policy, and economics</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>threepipeproblm</author><text>What immediately follows is rather sobering, too: &amp;quot;No machines with self-sustaining long-term goals and intent have been developed, nor are they likely to be developed in the near future.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence: 2016 Report</title><url>https://ai100.stanford.edu/2016-report</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skurilyak</author><text>&amp;quot;Contrary to the more fantastic predictions for AI in the popular press, the Study Panel found no cause for concern that AI is an imminent threat to humankind&amp;quot;
-- Stanford Study Panel, comprised of seventeen experts in AI from academia, corporate laboratories and industry, and AI-savvy scholars in law, political science, policy, and economics</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ThomPete</author><text>Understanding robotics does not mean you understand exponential growth, it&amp;#x27;s very very hard to understand even for those who believe they do.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;assets.motherjones.com&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;LakeMichigan-Final3.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;assets.motherjones.com&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;LakeMichigan-Fin...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;5 years ago it was thought to take decades to beat a human in Go.&lt;p&gt;Just 10 years ago self driving cars was something you joked about.&lt;p&gt;We consistently overestimate progress in the short run and underestimate in the long.</text></comment>