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From: loren@tristan.llnl.gov (Loren Petrich)
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Subject: Re: What Has Traditional AI Accomplished?
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Date: 11 Oct 90 10:09:03 GMT
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In article <1990Oct10.140751.11750@unislc.uucp> klb@unislc.uucp (Keith L. Breinholt) writes:
>>>	I am not trying to pick on the AI field, but I really think
>>>that it has not come very far over the decades that it has been in
>>>existence.
>
>For a field that hasn't come very far I'd like you to find a part of
>your life that AI hasn't touched.
>
>I think your problem is in recognizing the fruits of research done 10
>to 20 years ago in "everyday" applications.

	That's part of it.

	Another part of it is that about the only software I have
encountered that uses AI techniques (and I have done a lot of looking
around at available software) are computer-algebra systems, certain
computer games, and compilers.

	There don't seem to be too many readily available expert
system shells, for instance.

	And Neural Nets, what I am working on now, are a field that is
only recently reviving.


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