People sometimes as me how/when I got into AI. And the conversation inevitably includes references to Knight Rider, Whiz Kids, War Games, Max Headroom, etc. I grew up on this stuff and it all shaped a lot of my early attitudes about AI.

Needless to say, reality hasn't quite sync'd up with what I expected. That said, I'm pretty happy with the progress that's been made on AI from a technical point of view. But some of the decisions made by humans about the details of training the AI's we have, and how they have been employed.... well, let's just say that leaves a lot to be desired. :-(