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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (254749)	7/2/2014 8:42:12 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541997

Steve, it is still early in the development of AI, but it is happening and will continue to happen. As for investable ideas in it, I don't know. Much of the most highly publicized R&D is being done by large corporations. IBM's Watson Supercomputer May Soon Be The Best Doctor In The World Lauren F Friedman Apr. 22, 2014, 10:14 AM Excerpt: "Watson, the supercomputer that is now the world Jeopardy champion, basically went to med school after it won Jeopardy," MIT's Andrew McAfee, coauthor of The Second Machine Age, said recently in an interview with Smart Planet. "I’m convinced that if it’s not already the world’s best diagnostician, it will be soon." Watson is already capable of storing far more medical information than doctors, and unlike humans, its decisions are all evidence-based and free of cognitive biases and overconfidence. It's also capable of understanding natural language, generating hypotheses, evaluating the strength of those hypotheses, and learning — not just storing data, but finding meaning in it. Read more: businessinsider.com BTW, here are two links on the Next Generation episode I referred to earlier ("The Measure of a Man"): This one is from a "Trekkie" site, Memory Alpha: en.memory-alpha.org And wiki's piece on it: en.wikipedia.org An excerpt from wiki's piece: Entertainment Weekly named this episode the sixth best of the series. [2] Director Robert Scheerer called it his favorite show, adding: I guess you would have to say that what I enjoyed is the dilemma that they're put into, especially Jonathan and Patrick having to deal with Brent not as a dear friend, but as someone whose worth has to be resolved; and, Jonathan had to take the other side. It was all just beautifully crafted. It was not typical episodic television and had a great deal to say about man, humanity, what our problems in the world are today and hopefully what we can do about it in the future. Series writer Maurice Hurley called the episode "stunning", and lauded Whoopi Goldberg's role. [3] Cast member Brent Spiner ( Data) identified this episode as his favorite TNG episode. [4] In an interview, fellow cast member Patrick Stewart ( Jean-Luc Picard) concurred that this is "the first truly great episode of the series". [5] On Twitter in April 2013, Marina Sirtis ( Troi) named this as her favorite episode. [6] I agree with their appraisal of the episode (which is why I remembered it). You don't get to call many TV programs "important," but this one definitely has important implications.