... scientists actually got down to creating such machines, they realized the problem was much larger than they had imagined. Conventional computers find it very difficult to do basic things that people do. When we look at the picture of a Hyundai Accent or a Tata Indica, we have no trouble identifying it as a car. But even such a mundane task is extremely complex, and computers struggle to even recognize it as a car, let alone recognizing the make or model. Tasks which are second nature to us are, as researchers learnt to their dismay, a series of very complex transactions between neurons, and simulating this task on a computer is very difficult. If you have ever tried to use a voice recognition program, you'll know how computers struggle to identify speech. There are primarily two reasons why the evolution of Artificial Intelligence hasn't kept up with expectations. The first is ...

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