Feasibility Of A.I.

The year is 2060, a time nearly all of us will see within our lifetimes.   Machines with human-level intelligence will inexorably change the way we think, work, and play.   These machines will redefine our legal system, social views, and challenge the way we think of humans and sentient beings at their most basic level.   In the beginning these technological marvels will be subjugated to do our will, and to perform those tasks which we deem unsafe or undesirable.   However, with time, these machines may, in fact, transition from assistants to servants to full-fledged participants.   Some say this change is inevitable.   Others claim that this description is closer to science fiction than factual prediction, and that it can only exist, and indeed belongs, in the pages of a book and not reality.   The field of artificial intelligence, throughout the years, has made huge strides at times followed by periods of complete stagnation.   There are many that disagree with parts of what I hold to be true, and there are more still that discount the possibility of human-level A.I. altogether.   However, despite all of the criticism from the nay-sayers regarding the feasibility of human-level artificial intelligence, I still believe firmly that it is possible, the only question that remains is when.
There are proponents, as mentioned earlier, that believe that this seemingly outlandish goal is possible, but, however, they are divided into three distinct “camps” which share the same goal, but disagree in the road they must travel to attain it.   I believe that the goal is almost certainly attainable, but one cannot accurately predict which method or strategy will yield the most results, nor is it unproblematic when attempting to ascertain a specific timeline.   These three different ‘factions’ within A.I. include connectionism, computationalism, and robotics.  
Connectionism, as Kassan wrote in his article A.I. Gone Awry, is a modern version of a philosophy of mind known as association....