Mind and Machine, an essay on A.I

Technology has traditionally evolved as the result of human needs. Invention, when prized and rewarded, will invariably rise-up to meet the free market demands of society. It is in this realm that Artificial Intelligence research and the resultant expert systems have been forged. Much of the material that relates to the field of Artificial Intelligence deals with human psychology and the nature of consciousness. Exhaustive debate on consciousness and the possibilities of consciousnessness in machines …

…favor in the innovations and discoveries they make. In conclusion, technology will prevail in the field of expert systems only if the philosophy behind them is clear and strong. We should not strive to make machines that may supplant our causal powers, but rather ones that complement them. To me, these expert systems will not replace man - they shouldn't. We will see a future where we shall increasingly find ourselves working beside intelligent systems.