Peter Norvig's argument with Noam Chomsky on AI as a science is interesting, to do with knowing what we're doing.
More generally and optimistically on progress, you might consider Buckminster Fuller (and Ray Kurzweil).
Peter Norvig's argument with Noam Chomsky on AI as a science is interesting, to do with knowing what we're doing.
More generally and optimistically on progress, you might consider Buckminster Fuller (and Ray Kurzweil).