Try:http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1020789 | |
| For those old enough to remember, director Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, released in 1969, featured HAL 9000, a monotone-voiced AI (that stands for “artificial intelligence” not “associate instructor”) with impeccable manners, a penchant for chess and a fatal flaw that would prove homicidal. The term “artificial intelligence” has been in the wilderness for decades, reports The Economist in a March 14 piece on the subject, but the term AI is “poised to make a comeback” nearly a half century after the term was coined. What AI is and what people think it is may have played a part in how the term has been bandied about—and stigmatized—not only on film, but in the marketplace. Interestingly, the demise of the dotcoms may be one boost for the term’s comeback. IU Bloomington computer scientist David Leake was one of the expert commentators for The Economist. As editor of AI magazine, the official publication of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Leake has plenty to say on the subject. AI, by the way, has 22 years of issues uploaded online. Go to this Web site to access: |
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