Welcome to the future, boys and girls.

I don't know. Seems to me like artificial intelligence hasn't lived up to the hype. We've had great progress in increasing processor speeds, but not as much luck at the Turing test.

Yes, there's actually a term for the failure of the hype:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter

I think AI is currently in the phase of failing to live up to short term expectation while its long term implications are underestimated.

"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots" -Billy Connolly

BOTH would seem to be an optimal outcome for us and the other lifeforms on this planet.