HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sjameson@fergie.dnet.ge.com (Stephen M Jameson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Address of A.L.Gorin et.al.?
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:30:19 GMT
Organization: General Electric Advanced Technology Labs

In article <1992Jul20.040710.2230@news.ysu.edu> ae514@yfn.ysu.edu (An Nguyen) writes:

>Dear netters,
>I need to contact some researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories, namely,
	 A.L.Gorin, S.E.Levinson, A.N. Gertner, and E. Goldman
>who are authors of the paper, "Adaptive Acquisition of Language".
>If you have one of their e-mail, telephone #, or address, please let
>me know at  ae514@yfn.ysu.edu.
>I'd greatly appreciate it and thank you in advance,
>A. Nguyen
>E-mail: ae514@yfn.ysu.edu

I got this by typing "finger agorin@research.att.com"

>If you want to send mail to someone at AT&T,
>address your mail using the following format:
>firstname.lastname@att.com

I have not tried it, but it's worth a shot.

--
Steve Jameson                           General Electric Aerospace 
sjameson@atl.ge.com                     Advanced Technology Laboratories
                                        Moorestown, New Jersey              
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Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.bizarre
From: rdc@netcom.com (Bob D. Crane)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Splotch, a Racter/Eliza type routine
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:25:15 GMT
Organization: Symbolics Institute
Followup-To: comp.ai,misc.test,talk.bizarre

In article <TOMF.92Jul22173202@ai.bunny.gte.com:) tomf@ai.gte.com writes:
:)
:)To Whom It May Concern:
:)
:)	I would like to recommend Mr. Robert Crane for the position of
:)Instructor in the Computer Science Department there at Memphis State
:)University.
:)
:)	As leader of the Blue Engineering Project, I have worked closely with
:)Mr. Crane for several years and have had many opportunities to observe his
:)interactions with others.  He takes a keen interest, bordering on obsession,
:)in those inexperienced with computers; he is always willing and eager to
:)provide feedback to them.  He applies his experience to every endeavor.
:)Computer networks and communication are his speciality.
:)
:)	Mr. Crane's knowledge, interpersonal skills, and sense of humor
:)have made a deep and lasting impression on me.  Though Mr.  Crane served on
:)our project as a research programmer, I can state categorically that, as a
:)teacher, Mr. Crane would be without equal in any university department.
:)
:)	Should you require further information or clarification on Mr.
:)Crane's skills, please do not hesitate to contact me.
:)
:)			Most sincerely,
:)
:)			Dr. Thomas Fawcett
:)			Senior Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator
:)			Blue Engineering Project
:)			Symbolic Institute
:)			University of Illinois


-- 
_________________________________________________________________
Bob D. Crane
Research Programmer,			Programmer		
Blue Engineering Project		Project Soar6
Symbolic Institute			School of Computer Science
University of Illinois
	
E-mail:  rdc@netcom.com
_______________________________________________________________

"The spear in the others heart is the spear in your own,
			you are he"   
	                     ---------  Attributed to Surak.
From: simon@engcon.marshall.ltv.com (SHSIMON)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Question: Caspar / Sphinx ... Newton Speech Understanding ???
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:06:14 GMT
Reply-To: simon@engcon.UUCP (SHSIMON)
Distribution: usa
Organization: LTV MEG, Dallas, TX


I just collected my notes from AAAI and my curiosity has grown.  Any help
is appreciated.

	1.  There were some postings about a month or two ago about 
		Sphinx and Caspar.  Could someone please repost.

	2.  Is Caspar an outgrowth of Sphinx ...or related to Dypar?

	3.  What are the "official" rumors about Caspar?

	4.  Is Kai-Fu Lee working on Caspar?

	5.  Will Caspar be released on Newton in 1994?


Thanx for any truth, rumors, and speculation.

BTW, when was Sphinx reported at AAAI...was it a paper or invited?

Thanx,

Hank

Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: M22367@mwvm.mitre.org
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Splotch, a Racter/Eliza
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 14:34:19 GMT

Perhaps I am unaware of other factors in this discussion, but didn't the
original posting indicate "LOSER" and "Professional Programmer" were *not*
equivalent? No matter how you stretch the terms?
 
That is, perhaps Mr. Crane misinterpreted the tone of the statement "I am
not a professional programmer" to be derogatory of those who *are* professional
programmers.
 
Perhaps Mr. Crane will address this...
From: jacob@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Jacob L. Cybulski)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: AI In the Year 2025 - Responses
Date: 31 Jul 92 01:38:21 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia

A few more predictions on 2025 AI computers.

In 2025 only the richest few will be able to buy the state of the art
AI personal computers. By 2028 none of the poor would want to buy
the obsolete 2025 models, fully depreciated tax write-offs.

By 2025 the right to life and animal liberationists will have merged
to defend the clever computer race from slavery of bureaucrats.

In 2025 the level of computerisaton will be such that the most clever
robots will spend most of their time doing up the shoe laces of their
owners.

By 2025 most of the humans will be so exhausted from constant watching
the television that only the computers will be able to produce humans
by genetic engineering.

By 2025 the Congress will vote to reduce the level of oxygen in the
air to prevent the rust affecting the house robots. At the same time
addition of dental fluor to water will be allowed to stop as most
of the people would have lost their teeth by the age of five due to
the McDonald's diet.

Special Police force will have to be introduced in major cities
of the 2025 world to prevent the fights between robot-helpers
competeing at walking old people through the pedestrial crossings or
tearing each other apart to clean by-passers' shoes.

In third-world countries the tourism will have collapsed by 2025 due
to the herds of begging slot-machines crushing unsuspecting tourists.

By 2025 pornography will be totally outlawed, however, the X-rated
movie business will be still booming screening robot sex and bestiality.

In 2025 the adoption laws will be so complex that the childless
couples will be allowed to adopt homeless baby-robots. At the same
time, dumping unwanted robots and computers will be made illegal, the
slogan "XMas is for a day, Robot is for life" will be screened on the
national television.

In 2025 the Robot Union will conduct the survey on AI Humans in 2050.

Jacob

=============================================================================
Jacob L. Cybulski,  Deputy  Director,  Amdahl  Australian  Intelligent  Tools
Programme,  Dept of  Comp Sci  &  Comp Eng,  La Trobe  University,  Bundoora,
Vic. 3083, Australia. Ph: +613 479 1270, Fax: +613 470 4915, Telex: AA 33143,
E-Mail: jacob@latcs1.lat.oz.au.                                     ... G'Day
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From: ljones@andrew.ATL.GE.COM (LeRoy E Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
Subject: Re: Request
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:27:56 GMT
Organization: GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs

In article <1992Jul27.041023.6880@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> vsharma@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Vin Sharma) writes:
>
>I have just begun to read about Intelligent Tutoring Systems from
>"Foundations of ITS" edited by Polson and Richardson. I would like
>to have references to other texts in this subjects, particularly in
>the area of student modeling.

I used this book as a text for a course taught by John Anderson at Carnegie
Mellon, and we primarily used articles and papers to supplement it. These
were usually case studies on the more famous ITS's like SOPHIE, and John
Anderson's LISP tutor. I don't have the text in front of me, but if I'm
not mistaken, each chapter has a rather thorough bibliography. There are
many articles on the subject in educational journals, as well as the various
journals published after AI conferences. I think there was an ITS conference
recently, in Canada, so be on the look out for a new info-packed journal.


>In the chapter on Curriculum and Instruction in Automated Tutors,
>H.Halff mentions "a peer-tutoring situation in which the tutor has 
>only a small advantage over the student. Both tutor and student are
>involved in a `cooperative learning' enterprise in which each grows in
>competence". Is anyone pursuing this line of research?

I'm not sure what line of research you mean...where the ITS participates
in cooperative learning, or the advantages of said cooperative learning? 
I am currently doing research into a generic ITS in which the expert model 
is developed independently via an authoring system, while the curriculum
and instruction modules are constant, enabling a single ITS to tutor in
multiple domains. I'm basing the instruction loosely on constructivistic
principles.


Good Luck!
LeRoy E. Jones

e-mail: ljones@fergie.dnet.ge.com
phone:  609-866-6643
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
From: grabenst@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. Michael Grabenstein; ACS (GUEST))
Subject: books.
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Academic Computing Services
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:37:39 GMT

	I was just wondering if there were some good short books on AI?
Mainly focusing on the algorithms used. I expect it to be primarily focused
on Lisp, but some referancing to C would be nice. Or generic enough discussion
about the algorithms that you could program them in any language. Note
this is just for curiosity sake (at least right now). I want to find out
how the algorithms "think."
	thanks, if this is a FAQ--could you tell me how to get it. I
am kinda new at the News stuff. Or a sub that talks about Ai algorithms
more.

Later,
	Mike
	ZMEG@AACC.bitnet
	or grabenst@umbc3.umbc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
From: matjmm@gsusgi1.gsu.edu (J. Morgan Morris)
Subject: Undergraduate textbooks
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:28:54 GMT

Could someone please post a list of texts currently
used in undergraduate AI courses? By undergraduate
AI course I mean the first course in AI taught that
gives an overview of the field, etc.

If this is a FAQ, please let me know...

Thanks,
Morgan


-- 
John Morgan Morris
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA. 30303-3083
matjmm@gsusgi1.gsu.edu
(404) 651-2253
From: af322@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kevin Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
Subject: Racter
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:54:26 GMT
Reply-To: af322@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kevin Adams)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


I don't know if its still around or not but could someone
tell me where I could find/purchase/etc. the Racter program?
 
Thanx to all that help!!!
From: doherty@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
Subject: Intl Workshop, VLSI for Neural Nets and AI
Date: 23 Jul 92 11:04:44 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAXcluster

3rd International workshop on VLSI for Neural Networks and Artificial
                              Intelligence

 1-4 September    1992

at Jesus College, University of Oxford, England.

For details andregistration form, fax Maureen Doherty on +44 (0)865 270284 or
email with full address.
Newsgroups: comp.ai.edu
From: vsharma@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Vin Sharma)
Subject: Request
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:10:23 GMT


I have just begun to read about Intelligent Tutoring Systems from
"Foundations of ITS" edited by Polson and Richardson. I would like
to have references to other texts in this subjects, particularly in
the area of student modeling.

In the chapter on Curriculum and Instruction in Automated Tutors,
H.Halff mentions "a peer-tutoring situation in which the tutor has 
only a small advantage over the student. Both tutor and student are
involved in a `cooperative learning' enterprise in which each grows in
competence". Is anyone pursuing this line of research?

Thanx in advance for suggestions.

Vin Sharma



-- 
                  ---------------------------- 
                  Confusion will be my epitaph
		  ----------------------------
From: scotth@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Scott Hibbetts)
Subject: Re: Mainstreaming AI
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:03:07 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.203044.9047@mercury.unt.edu> danny@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Danny Faught) writes:
>
>My question is, do you know any examples of AI techniques of the past
>that were considered AI when they were being developed, but are now 
>considered commonplace and having nothing to do with AI?
>
>Danny Faught

I believe that Object Oriented Programming is no longer considered AI.
(I first heard about OOP from Winston's AI book, or at least in an AI
course that used Winston.)

Chess programs are no longer AI. Expert Systems are no longer considered AI.
I'm told that compiler design used to be considered AI.

Yes, I listed domains, not techniques, but these domains have well known
techniques for them.

I, too, have gotten the impression that any AI techniques that become
commonplace are then no longer considered AI. Perhaps we could just
use the term AI to mean any cutting-edge CS research area. :-)

Scott Hibbetts
Bloomington, IN
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-networks
From: pradeep@saathi.ncst.ernet.in (Mr. KP Pradeep Kumar)
Subject: Looking for printed and handwritten character recognizing algorithms
Organization: National Centre for Software Technology, Bombay, India.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 04:49:51 GMT


Hi folks,
I am working in the field of AI.Currently i have started some work
in OCR.I do not know which algorithms are best to start with.
How many commercial OCR's have already come out in the world.
If so such are such programs general purpose??.I would be very
thankful if someone could send me some useful pointers or material.
Bye




K.P.Pradeep Kumar
KBCS,NCST,
Gulmohar Cross Rd No :9,
Juhu,Bombay-49,India
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: nakashim@etl.go.jp (Hideyuki Nakashima)
Subject: class of planners
Organization: Electrotechnical Laboratory
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 06:52:58 GMT


I am interested in classification of problems for general planners
(like STRIPS, WARPLAN, NOAR, TWEAK).  Any information or pointers to
literature are welcome.

There seem to be classes like

linear		subgoals can be solved one by one
nonlinear	subgoals are interconnected
nonmonotonic	subgoals once achieved must be destroyed later

For example, "tower of Hanoi" problem is nonmonotonic.  I am not sure
if there exists any GENERAL planner which can solve the problem.

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From: rajapaks@acsu.buffalo.edu (Jagath Rajapakse)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Images needed
Date: 28 Jul 92 13:45:42 GMT
Organization: UB


 Hello everybody,
  
   I am looking for the following images for some experiments relating to 
   my thesis.

    (1). Pentagon Building Image.
    (2). An intensity image and A range image taken from the same
         scene (registered).
	
   If anyone willing to provide me with the above image/s, could email
   me at rajapaks@eng.buffalo.edu .
  
  thanks for your kind consideration.

  -Jagath Rajapakse
   Dept of Electrical Engineering.
   SUNY  at Buffalo.
From: d3g637@duke.oname (David P. Chassin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: dss for disaster management
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:23:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: oracle.1992Jul29.222320.9353
Reply-To: d3g637@duke.oname
Organization: Battelle/Pacific Northwest Laboratories

In article CyG@matilda.vut.edu.au, ted@matilda.vut.edu.au (Ted Alwast) writes:
>do you know of any software for management of
>disasters/hazardous events ? would be interested
>to hear from anyone working in the area.
>             ted alwast
>             victoria university of technology

Just what type of disaster might we be talking about? The run-like-hell kind
or the oh-boy-lookey-what-I-just-found... :-)

        Dave Chassin
        Email: dp_chassin@pnl.gov           "Life is either a daring
        Vox: (509)375-4369                    adventure or nothing"
        Fax: (509)375-3614                           - Helen Keller
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.edu,comp.robotics
From: team13@ucs.usl.edu (Mejia Pablo)
Subject: Re: Disclaimer: Bob Crane is NOT a Soar6er
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 05:21:30 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.184154.29481@cs.cmu.edu> milnes+@PISANO.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU (Brian Milnes) writes:
]
]
] Folks,
]
] The Soar6 project, here at CMU School of Computer and elsewhere, has
]just had brought to our attention this flurry of posts triggered by a
]rather distasteful note from someone claiming to be "Bob D. Crane
](rdc@netcom.com)". 
]
] We have never heard of such a person, the university of Illinois has
]not, nor do they have a "Blue Engineering Project, Symbolic Institute"
]or a "School of Computer Science."
]
] This seems to be someone's idea of a joke, and he started his
]signature with that one someone who works for us here.
]
] Please disregard anything he says associating him with Soar, the
]School of Computer Science, or CMU, and enjoy/ignore his joke as 
]you please.
]
] Thanks, Brian Milnes



   If you follow alt.politics.clinton or alt.politics.perot, you
  will find at least 5 personalities tied up in the entity known as
  rdc@netcom.com.  Some female, some male, all of them having a 
  perverse desire to start flame wars.  This entity has been known
  to start new groups simply to have someplace to start fights.

   Seriously, if you see postings by Crane (or Cassaro, or Crisp or
  any of its other names) just ignore it.  It will go away if no one
  flames it.
-- 
First they stole the fourth amendment. I said nothing because I don't deal drugs.
Then they took the sixth amendment. I was silent because I know I'm  not guilty.
When they came for the second amendment, I kept quiet because I don't own a gun.
Now they've come for the first amendment, and I can't say anything at all.
From: pcellik@axion.bt.co.uk (Peter SPHINX Cellik)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: VIRTUAL REALITY
Date: 23 Jul 92 08:32:43 GMT
Reply-To: pcellik@axion.bt.co.uk (Peter SPHINX Cellik)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs


In article <1992Jul22.221248.7687@asuvax.eas.asu.edu>, ra@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Starcap'n Ra) writes:
|> rdc@netcom.com (Bob D. Crane) writes (I don't know,
|>    something about virtual reality):
|> 
|>                   [ text omitted ]
|> 
|>      Good to hear from you again, Bob.  I thought
|> you were dead, dude.
|> 
|>      Say Bob, I hear you've got some pretty cool
|> homemade sex videos.  Do you have any cool sex
|> gifs?  And if so, could you post them?
|> 
|>      adv*thanks*ance   :-)  :-)
|> 
|> --Starcap'n Ra       {ames,gatech,husc6,rutgers}!ncar!noao!asuvax!kennedy
|>                         {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,oddjob}--^
|>                                           ^---------------The Wrong Choice
|>                              internet: kennedy@asuvax.asu.edu

You may be discussing something artificial, but are the girls
inteligent?  ;-)

      SPHINX


====================================================
=== Kill others only if you wish to be killed.   ===
===                                       SPHINX ===   
====================================================
From: fly@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul D. Fly)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Cyc
Date: 31 Jul 92 11:58:02 GMT
Organization: UB

Hi all...

I've been reading a book on Cyc, from 1991.  Its all very interesting, but,
as a non-AI guy, I'm wondering what the rest of the AI community thinks of
this project.  Also, have much progress has been made since the book was put 
out (_Building_Large_Knowledge-Based_Systems_).  Things looking good?  Or
not?  It sounds fascinating...



-- 
Paul Fly                      | "Thinking is more interesting than knowing,
fly@acsu.buffalo.edu          |  but less interesting than looking."
v092pxca@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu |    --Goethe
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: stephen@groucho.csd.uu.se (Stephen Cooper)
Subject: Re: Mainstreaming AI
Organization: UDAC, Uppsala, Sweden
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:12:28 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.203044.9047@mercury.unt.edu>, danny@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Danny Faught) writes:
> My question is, do you know any examples of AI techniques of the past
> that were considered AI when they were being developed, but are now 
> considered commonplace and having nothing to do with AI?

One of the Big Guys(tm) in AI -- could it have been McCarthy? -- once said
something like "AI is everything that machines currently can't do"
Anyone know who said this, or what the right quote is?  It'd be great for a
.sig file

Stephen "Artificial Intelligence is better than none" Cooper

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Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu (Seyamak Amin)
Subject: Learning + Scheduling
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 00:11:11 GMT
Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa


Hello!

I would appreciate if somebody points me to some literature in the
area of learning applied to scheduling problem.

Thanks in advance.

S. Amin

seamin@icaen.uiowa.edu


Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: dkf8117@tamsun.tamu.edu (D. K. Fields)
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Splotch, a Racter/Eliza
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:19:01 GMT


Here is part of my original posting:

>programs, and expanded on them.  The source code is VERY VERY UGLY.  I am
>not a professional programmer by any stretch of the word.  It compiles
>fine on a sun4, other than that, we'll have to see.

It seems obvious to me that I was doing nothing but pointing out my lack of
skill and expertise in programming.  I don't see how he could have
misinterpreted anything.

Duane

-- 
Duane Fields                  Friends don't      Work#   (409) 845-6904
Box 1315                     let friends use     Home#   (409) 847-6760
College Station, Tx 77841        MS-DOS.         dkf8117@tamsun.tamu.edu
From: brmsea01@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Speech recogn : Correct newsgroup ?
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:43:49 +0200
Organization: University of Cape Town

Hi there.

My interest in ai revolves (at the moment) around speech recognition
techniques.  I am interested in getting in contact with others in the
field.

IS THIS THE CORRECT NEWSGROUP?

Please be so kind as to enlighten me.

Sean Borman
Dept of EE
University of Cape Town
The GNU South Africa.
From: weyer@Apple.COM (Steve Weyer)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Mainstreaming AI
Date: 30 Jul 92 12:15:55 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

just remember that "AI" = "Always Impossible"