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title: "We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958"
date: "2024-03-28T04:39-08:00"
description: "Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed a boom-and-bust cycle since the middle of the 20th century."
link: https://theconversation.com/weve-been-here-before-ai-promised-humanlike-machines-in-1958-222700
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