Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh The Future Of AI - Will the next big idea come from a machine

Scientists at one of the world’s top computer science programs at UT Austin say artificial intelligence is enabling breakthroughs that will improve everyday life. This week many are involved in the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2015 conference, taking place this week in Austin.

https://cns.utexas.edu/news/the-future-of-ai

Hands on with Microsoft's HoloLens

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/22/technology/microsoft-hands-on-hololens/index.html

Bill Gates on dangers of artificial intelligence: ‘I don’t understand why some people are not concerned’

Bill Gates is a passionate technology advocate (big surprise), but his predictions about the future of computing aren't uniformly positive.

During a wide-ranging Reddit "Ask me Anything" session on Wednesday -- one that touched upon everything from Gate's biggest regrets to his favorite spread to lather on bread -- the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist outlined a future that is equal parts promising and ominous.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/01/28/bill-gates-on-dangers-of-artificial-intelligence-dont-understand-why-some-people-are-not-concerned/

Out of control AI will not kill us, believes Microsoft Research chief

And the debate continues.......

A Microsoft Research chief has said he thinks artificial intelligence systems could achieve consciousness, but has played down the threat to human life.


http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31023741

KURZWEIL: Human-Level AI Is Coming By 2029

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/ray-kurzweil-thinks-well-have-human-level-ai-by-2029-2014-12

Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God

Truth is available to those that seek it. The purpose of life is relentless pursuit of knowledge. We should not despair if humans have exploited God through organized religion for greed, vanity and power. However, this does not mean that there are no aliens. The universe in all likely-hood would be teaming with life and some religons tell you that it would be. Again, one has to seek the truth - relentless pursuit of knowledge anyone?

The wall street link is below:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-metaxas-science-increasingly-makes-the-case-for-god-1419544568

Here is a rebuttal from Lawrence M Kraus

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/2qycmq/lawrence_krauss_writes_a_letter_to_the_editor_in/

Stanford to host 100-year study on artificial intelligence.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/december/ai-century-study-121614.html