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From: kort@hounx.UUCP (B.KORT)
Newsgroups: net.ai
Subject: Re: Notes on AAAI '86
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Date: Mon, 1-Sep-86 06:25:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  1 06:25:25 1986
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Keywords: The state of AI, the Mind Mirror, and the Breath of Life.

I appreciated Ted Inoue's commentary on the State of AI.  I especially
agree with his point that a cogent combination of theories is needed.
My own betting card favors the theories of Piaget on learning, coupled
with the modern animated-graphic mixed-initiative dialogues that merge
the Socratic-style dialectic with inexpensive PC's.  See for instance
the Mind Mirror by Electronic Arts.  It's a flashy example of the clever
integration of Cognitive Psychology, Mixed Initiative Dialogues, Color
Animated Graphics, and the Software/Mindware Exchange.  Such illustrations
of the imagery in the Mind's Eye can breathe new life into the relationship
between silicon systems and their carbon-based friends.

Barry Kort
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