Journal of Evolution and Technology. 1998. Vol. 1 - PDF Version (Received Dec. 1997) Hans Moravec Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA net: [email protected] web: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/ ABSTRACT This paper describes how the performance of AI machines tends to improve at the same pace that AI researchers get access to faster hardware. The processing power and memory capacity necessary to match general intellectual performance of the human brain are estim...