IDG Contributor Network: A.I. strikes back

The term artificial intelligence (A.I.) was first coined by John McCarthy. McCarthy was teaching mathematics at Dartmouth at the time. The year was 1956. Now, 60 years later, we are at the dawn of a new age of artificial intelligence. The first age passed without bringing the world domination by super human robots that we saw in the movies. This time, things could be different.McCarthy had a saying about artificial intelligence: “As soon as it works, no one calls it A.I. anymore.&rdqu