Slashdot | The Baby Bootstrap?: "...the 'baby bootstrap' was considered the holy grail of military applications. Simply put, the 'baby bootstrap' would empower a computing device to learn like a child with a very good memory. DARPA poured a small fortune into the research.... there has been no significant progress in over 30 years... What went wrong? Has the military really given up on this concept, or has their research moved to other, more classified levels?"
