A spot on observation & interpretation from the late, Roger Ebert.
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-ai-artificial-intelligence-2001 ,
http://everythingyoualwayswantedtoknow.blogspot.ca/2010/12/ai-artificial-intelligence-2001-look.html ,
http://www.philfilms.utm.edu/1/artificial.htm , http://www.philfilms.utm.edu/1/blade.htm , http://www.philfilms.utm.edu/1/matrix.htm , http://www.philfilms.utm.edu/1/metropolis.htm
http://www.a-i.com Its quite a fascinating area of research with some potential concerns. http://www.jair.org
Artificial_intelligence research & Ray-Kurzweil have become so intertwined over the years.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2003/05/58714?currentPage=all , http://www.kurzweilai.net
Someone else had a 21 year head start over Ray_Kurzweil.
Indeed, many regard Marvin_Minsky, winner of the 1969 Turing_Award to be a bridge of research & knowledge between the 20th & 21st centuries. http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lTE08vb1wI , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNWVvZi3HX8 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2bcnsLkpqQ
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/darpa-wants-unique-automated-tools-rapidly-make-computers-smarter ,
https://www.cs.washington.edu/research/ai ,
http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/darpa-cracks-whip-artificial-intelligence-130322.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_5#Plot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivion_(2013_film)#Plot
