Thoughts and ideas

Here we are, in the 21st century, and it's pretty amazing what we've come up with so far in the realm of tools, toys, etc. So what's next? When will a machine be able to learn, adapt, think, create?

I don't have the answers. I've got a lot of questions, and some thoughts and ideas of my own (many of them seemingly off-topic), and maybe, just maybe, we can figure some things out, by thinking and talking and creating.