Generative AI filled us with wonder in 2023

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With all the advances and cultural impact of artificial intelligence (AI) this year, it would seem fair to declare 2023 as "The Year of AI" -- except it's all been done before.

As this academic journal reports, the "year of AI" was declared 43 years ago, back in 1980. AI has been with us for a very long time. Decades ago, I did an academic thesis on AI ethics. In 1986, I wrote an article for the long-defunct Computer Design Magazine entitled "Artificial Intelligence as a Systems Component". And then, in 1988, I introduced two AI-based products for the Mac.

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