[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_generation_computer When 5th generation computing CRASHED in the late 80s, when everybody else was cheering, "Yay, no more Soviet Union", I was a 16 year old kid going, "fuck fuck, they killed the parallel processing! They killed it!" ... but then I got a 300bps modem and a 286 and got online. I was satisfied with making new friends online. But still... the back of my head was annoyed. I kept waiting. All they did is make computers a little faster, tweak the graphics.[2]#yay unsure emoticon But the internet was fun to watch progress and I've been enjoying the ride. *FINALLY* robots came back into vogue, and AI started becoming a "thing" again in the early 2000s. I thought robotics was dead. I thought artificial intelligence was dead. So, it's hard to pin hopes in singularity dreams. References Visible links 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_generation_computer 2. https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yay?hc_location=ufi