<P>For the most promising, radical and exciting branch of computer science, 2006 should have gone down as a landmark year. Robot butlers should have popped the corks of fine champagne, having first made their own informed decision as to which vintage was appropriate. It is 50 years since the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence (AI), where researchers laid down the foundations for their hopes, dreams and plans to develop machines that would simulate every aspect of human intelligence. So why don't we have those robots?

<P><I>The Independent Article: </I><A HREF="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article1622362.ece" TARGET=_New CLASS=ph>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article1622362.ece</A>

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