Re: The A.I. Project
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I have done surfing on=20
http://www.alicebot.org/=20
Very amusing to read. Some lines copied below.
Rom
(from The Anatomy of A.L.I.C.E. by Dr. Richard S. Wallace)
A general downturn in artificial intelligence and robotics roughly =
coincided with the end of the Cold War, as governments and corporations =
reduced the amount of funding available for this technology. The "richly =
funded" field of 1976 became more like a Darwinian struggle for =
diminishing resources. One positive outcome was the brief heyday of =
"robot minimalism," a design philosophy based on low-cost parts, =
commodity computers, low-bandwidth sensing, and general simplicity in =
design and engineering. It was a moment when Occam's razor could cut =
away much of the needless complexity that had accumulated over the =
previous decades. Although robot minimalism subsequently fell out of =
favor, it became a significant influence on the development of =
A.L.I.C.E.=20
We used to say there was no theory behind A.L.I.C.E., no neural =
networks, no knowledge representation, no deep search, no genetic =
algorithms and no parsing. Then we discovered that there was a theory =
circulating in applied A.I., called Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) [CBR?? =
reference] that closely resembled the stimulus-response structure of =
A.L.I.C.E. The CBR cases correspond to the AIML categories.
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<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>I have done surfing on =
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<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>http://www.alicebot.org/ =
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<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Very amusing to read. Some =
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below.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Rom</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><STRONG>(</STRONG>from <STRONG>The =
Anatomy of=20
A.L.I.C.E.</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"> by Dr. Richard =
S.=20
Wallace)</FONT></P></FONT><FONT size=3D4></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New =
Roman"=20
size=3D4>
<P align=3Djustify>A general downturn in artificial intelligence and =
robotics=20
roughly coincided with the end of the Cold War, as governments and =
corporations=20
reduced the amount of funding available for this technology. The "richly =
funded"=20
field of 1976 became more like a Darwinian struggle for diminishing =
resources.=20
One positive outcome was the brief heyday of "robot minimalism," a =
design=20
philosophy based on low-cost parts, commodity computers, low-bandwidth =
sensing,=20
and general simplicity in design and engineering. It was a moment when =
Occam=92s=20
razor could cut away much of the needless complexity that had =
accumulated over=20
the previous decades. Although robot minimalism subsequently fell out of =
favor,=20
it became a significant influence on the development of A.L.I.C.E. </P>
<P>We used to say there was <I>no</I> theory behind A.L.I.C.E., no =
neural=20
networks, no knowledge representation, no deep search, no genetic =
algorithms and=20
no parsing. Then we discovered that there was a theory circulating in =
applied=20
A.I., called Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) [CBR?? reference] that closely =
resembled=20
the stimulus-response structure of A.L.I.C.E. The CBR cases correspond =
to the=20
AIML categories.</P></FONT><FONT size=3D2>
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