First of all, gotta love how half of you are predicting the future and acting like what you're saying is a sure thing. Second of all, artificial intelligence is permanently stuck behind the human brain at the moment due to several reasons; here's one of them, for example. Speed. Currently, none of the computer chips and storage option currently in production are close to being as fast as the human brain. This is one of the biggest factors contributing to a successful AI, especially one in the field. It needs a reasonable reaction time. Until we figure out how to easily manufacture graphene or something with similar properties, we'll most likely be stuck behind humans in terms of speed. Sure, we're still getting faster, but there's a limit to how fast we can get with our current tech.
Here's another reason. We cannot replicate what we do not understand. Example: someone gives you metal, various other materials, and professional grade tools. You have recieved no training of any sort, and you don't even know what a car is. However, you're shown a diagram of a car cutaway, given a chance to drive it, and even look at some of its workings up close. And then you're told to replicate it.
Now how do you think that's gonna turn out? Even if you were a genius, the probability that you'd be able to figure out how to replicate that car is incredibly small. How do you expect that we can do just that with the human brain, which is thousands of times more complex? By now, we've made quite a few breakthroughs in how the brain works, I know. But there's still an incredible amount that we don't know about. Therefore, I say cut the speculation and let what happens happen.
Oh, and one very important point. If everyone is so worried about robots taking our jobs, don't you think that they'll make it pretty difficult to do that? After all, it'd be pretty hard fighting a point like that against most of the workforce, which, mind you, is gigantic.
