If this works it is an astounding accomplishment. It appears to be a
giant leap forward in artificial intelligence (AI). The article
describes why Wolfram does not consider it to be AI in the
traditional sense, but it seems like a distinction without a difference.
This is important, but I think the most important potential AI
breakthrough would be in robotics. It would the ability to deal with
3-dimensional space with the same speed and agility as, say, a
housefly brain. It can't be that hard! This ability may evolve from
recent progress in automobiles that drive themselves. I do not know
the technical details: perhaps this is being done with ad hoc
engineering solutions. But even if they are ad hoc they might later
be generalized, or abstracted.
- Jed
