Does autonomic computing replace AI?
No. In fact, Artificial Intelligence is a critical discipline that will help bring about autonomic computing. AI-related research, some involving new ways to apply control theory and control laws, can provide insight into how to run complex systems that optimize to their environments. But to be clear, autonomic computing does not require the duplication of conscioius human thought as an ultimate goal. In our opinion, this is not the primary issue that needs addressing now.