Really arguing with your computer in high level languages (1984) [pdf]

No, you're not :)

http://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-people-are-watching-two-goog...

Funding for long term, speculative projects like this with no obvious funny money in them is no more. Neural nets are toys in comparison to where these guys where aiming. That's why much of the really interesting stuff is old and mostly forgotten.

This is a broad overview of AI as it was in the 1980s.

I'm submitting it mostly because I'm interested to see what a modern BORIS or ABDUL / ILANA would be like.