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AI is perhaps a misnomer. The underlying intelligence lies in the application of technology at the behest of the intelligent applier. That said, the advances have been great.
One example is in OCR (and other pattern-recognition tasks). The ability of your $100 printer (and its software) exceeds greatly the abilities we were able to offer the USPS in the mid-80s, even with million-dollar machines.
Another area is gaming. Backgammon AI, for instance, using neural networks, plays at world-class level. I'm sure you're more aware of those kinds of abilities in chess, as it gets more exposure.
If Duck's definition of "AI" is some entity that duplicates human-like abilities without outside intervention, then he should say so. It would greatly restrict the area of discussion, leaving him in a more tenable position. His idea of "AI" seems to be one of replicating God, an endeavor I would term "silly".
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