AI'S NEXT FRONTIER IS HERE

In 1950, when computing was little more than automated arithmetic and simple logic, Alan Turing asked a question that reverberates today: Can machines think? It took remarkable imagination to see what he saw—intelligence might someday be built rather than born.

- BY FEI-FEI LI

That insight launched a relentless scientific quest called artificial intelligence. Twenty-five years into my own career, I still find myself inspired by Turing's vision. But how close are we? The answer isn't simple.

Today, leading AI technology such as large language models (LLMs) has begun to transform how we access and work with abstract knowledge. Yet they remain wordsmiths in the dark, eloquent but inexperienced, knowledgeable but ungrounded.