Now that I have embarrassed myself, I will discuss the chapter.
I agree completely with AI and programming being compared to a maze or a board game. I can also see a resemblance between a puzzle, ensuring that all the pieces are put in the proper places. Most people when starting a puzzle being with the outline, from there pieces may be organized by color, pattern, etc... This helps in putting the pieces in the proper places. Just as an automatic car might have started with, what kind of sensors do we need and where will they go, to plugging in the software for those sensors to work.
I only have one bone to pick. There is a statement made that I am hoping was made in error. On page 48 of the paperback, when discussing the medical field and robots, the author says, "there are already robotic surgeries, in some cases more accurate and consistent than human-managed surgeries..." I feel the need to express these are called robotic-assisted surgeries. The main benefits being: less invasive and a lower risk of infection. A surgeon controls the robot as a second, third, fourth, and more set of hands (see picture below). There are also surgeries that would be unsuccessful with a robot so the surgeon will have to perform an open surgery.
For reference (other than the surgeon not wearing a cap or mask) this is a more realistic view of a robotic surgery:
Kelsey, Todd: Surfing the Tsunami: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Options for Responding
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