"Tim Tyler"  wrote in message
>
> My impression is that there are quite a few people trying to make
> smart machines.
>
> Possibly in the long term, their research might find medical applications.
>
That's the problem with trying to manage the scientific process too closely.

If we said in the 1960s that we wanted to put money intended for cancer
research into developing transistorised circuits, then almost certainly the
trustees would have refused. However today every single cancer research lab
is equipped with a computer, often providing an absolutely crucial role.
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