What Scientists Thought of AI 60 Years Ago

  • 22 days ago
With fears of mass unemployment and even societal destruction, we’re currently in an AI panic. But scientists and popular culture have been discussing the impact and risks of artificial intelligence for decades. Back in 1964, Fortune’s Gilbert Burck spoke with prominent computer scientists to get their predictions on what AI would be capable of in the years to come. So we took a look back at that 60-year-old article to see what they got right and wrong.

This piece was originally reported on by Jeremy Kahn, Fortune’s AI editor and author of Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future.

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