Emergent behavior is that which cannot be predicted through analysis at any level simpler than that of the system as a whole Emergent behavior, by definition, is what's left after everything else has been explained. Minds choose what to do next. The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage. Glenlake Publishing Company. Glenlake Publishing Company.
Artificial intelligence is the study of how to make real computers act like the ones in the movies.
In successful mature technologies it's not possible to isolate the form and function. The logical design and the mechanical design of a pen or a piano bind their mechanism with their user interface so closely that it's possible to use them without thinking of them as technology, or even thinking of them at all. Invisibility is the missing goal in computing. Machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work that a man can do. Herbert Simon, 1965.