Mankind has always had a fascination with mimicry. Using the latest technology we have now considerably extended our capabilities. Robots can accurately copy the human gait at lifelike speed and in biped form maintain balance and climb stairs or negotiate rugged terrain. We have created visual and sound recognition capabilities, speech to text, text to speech and translation engines. We have devices that can detect chemicals at far lower concentrations than possible by our own sense of smell and taste. We are starting to replace body parts using highly sophisticated mechanical prosthetics and biologically engineered components. We have finally sequenced the entire human genome and are beginning to understand some of the more complex interactions that have previously remained a mystery.
In less than three years we will make ground-breaking progress using novel approaches and design. Current avenues of research are regrettably heading down blind alleys - the rule book needs to be thrown away. We do not aim to fully reverse engineer the processes of the human mind but will encapsulate some key capabilities and create an intelligent program with cognitive ability. This will be an historical achievement. We will create the first generation of an application that has almost limitless potential.
"Some things seem improbable. Absolutely nothing is impossible." - AP