mputational power and not by observation and recognition of past situations. In the section of the chapter discussing id AI is a proper goal? Of course it is! Not to the extend as Donald Mishie believes since it is too dangerous. AI can’t replace government and judicial systems. What if such a system would rule to kill every one that makes a traffic violation and no human could overrule that law? Every human in his life makes a traffic violation without even noticing. What would happen? The human race would get extinct and machine would prevail. I find amusing some of the predictions made by scientists at the end of the chapter since they are so unrealistic, dangerous and crazy. I think the American work environment is the perfect one since it is not that laid back but at the same time doesn’t go to the extreme of the Japanese who create stress so workers produce more or even push their workers until they break. I think there has to be some kind of stress or no work would be done. By stress I mean pressure to do the job or no work would be done at all. Programmers are often subjected to a lot of stress during their careers since programmers always have a deadline and a problem to solve in front of them. In my opinion companies should provide counseling to workers on how to deal with stress and how to make it work in your favor. ...