Artificial Idiocy What makes A.I. so plausible is that it sounds like a particular kind of over-confident idiot... What makes A.I. so plausible is that it sounds like a particular kind of over-confident idiot… By Gerard Cunningham Gerard Cunningham occupies his time working as a journalist, writer, sub-editor, blogger and podcaster, yet still finds himself underemployed. View all of Gerard Cunningham's posts.