AI course instructor: 'It's not Sci-Fi AI' no longer holds
yuxiangw_cs · x · 2026-09-13
A university AI instructor says he used to open his course by telling students that popular sci-fi depictions of AI were nothing like real AI — and he's no longer sure that statement holds. He invokes Deep Thought, the fictional computer that ran 7.5 million years to answer the ultimate question, suggesting real-world AI is closing in on old sci-fi scenarios.
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