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"The growing power of computer vision is a crucial first step for the next generation of computing, robotic and artificial intelligence systems."

This is someone else's outline of the book, which is important because it is showing the opinions of the book from someone else's perspective.

The review of "Physics of the Future" is very interesting to to take into account when about to read the book. Dwight Garner's review on this book gives another perspective to consider, not only about the ideas represented by Michio Kaku, but also about Kaku's writing ability.

New York Times article describing the book Physics of the Future

"The growing power of computer vision is a crucial first step for the next generation of computing, robotic and artificial intelligence systems. Once machines can identify objects and understand their environments, they can be freed to move around in the world. And once robots become mobile they will be increasingly capable of extending the reach of humans or replacing them." This source is useful because it give some good background information on artificial intelligence and also an idea of what it will be like in the near future. The information from this article will be used in our project when we present what AI is like today and how it is quickly expanding. The facts and knowledge from this article are credible because it is from an official news source, the New York Times. This article is also reliable because it contains real quotes from real scientists studying AI.

Mr. Obama's 2010 budget proposal for NASA asks for $18 billion over five years for fueling spacecraft in orbit, new types of engines to accelerate spacecraft through space and robotic factories that could churn soil on the Moon - and eventually Mars - into rocket fuel.