How long ago did you take this class, if you don't mind me asking? AI has really come a long way since the last decade. You can research projects such as DeepMind and you'll be blown away with what AI can do today. You can also read some of my articles here on steemit such as part 1 and part 2 of my current series on the future of AI and even this quite interesting one asking if an AI algorithm will win the next AMA.