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From: jones@ils.nwu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: New Ph.D. Program
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:58:56 GMT
Organization: institute for the learning sciences

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The Learning Sciences 
Northwestern University
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From: chu_c@IASTATE.EDU (Chao-Hsien Chu)
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.ai.fuzzy
Reply-To: chu_c@IASTATE.EDU (Chao-Hsien Chu)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:04:47 GMT

I vote for "Yes" to either comp.ai.fuzzy or 
 comp.fuzzy.
From: zb@doc.ic.ac.uk (Zacharias Bobolakis)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: CMU Tech Reports
Date: 5 Nov 1992 11:52:18 GMT
Organization: Imperial College, London, U.K.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sophia.doc.ic.ac.uk


Try reports@cs.cmu.edu.

You can also ftp some of them from reports.adm.cs.cmu.edu. Ftp server works
as usually.

Regards,
Zac.
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From: btf64@cas.org ()
Subject: CycL Manual Available?
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:29:38 GMT


 Could someone tell me if there is a detailed description of the CycL
 representation language available anywhere?  A ftp'able manual or
 technical report would be nice.

 Thanks!

	-- Bernie


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A   #import <CASdisclaimer.m>    |    Bernard T. French               A
C   #import <biosequences.m>     |    Internet: btf64@cas.org         T
ATGGTATGGAGCTGCCGATGTTTACAGGAATCGGCTAATGGGTATCGAACGGAGATGCCCATGCGTATCGC
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: colby@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Kenneth Colby)
Subject: Reply to Ginsberg, Blenko, Whedon RE Loebner Test
Originator: colby@oahu.cs.ucla.edu
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 20:23:39 GMT

Ginsberg opines that the Loebner test is a joke and does not contribute
in any way to machine progress on AI's "real goals".

Who legislates AI's "real goals"?

I quote Heinz Pagels "The Dreams of Reason: THe Computer and the Rise
of the Sciences of Complexity", 1988, p.91 "The computer, at every moment of
its operation obeying well-defined rules, would respond to some intelligent 
input with an intelligent output.  Could one have a spontaneous and
stimulating conversation with it?  No one has built a machine or designed
a program that has come close to this capability."

Some people in AI want to build a thinker.  We are building a talker, an
entity that one can have an interesting and meaning-sensitive conversations
with, perhaps confiding thoughts and feelings to it one would not express
to a human (thus making it a new type of talker).

In my view, building a computer conversationalist companion is a legitimate goal
of AI and the Loebner competition encourages work in that direction.  No
program could pass a completely unrestricted Turing test anymore than a    
human could.  No single human has all the knowledge of all the domains
of all the humans in the world.


>Ken Colby - Malibu Artifactual Intelligence Works
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: vere@netcom.com (Steven Vere)
Subject: Re: Loebner Turing test for Human like conversation
Keywords: Loebner, turing, natural language
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:04:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.212849.7986@cs.ucla.edu> colby@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Kenneth Colby) writes:
>In the summer issue of AI Magazine, there is an article on the Loebner
>Prize competition for most human-like computer conversationalist, wriiten by
>Robert Epstein, director Cambridge Center for Behaviorial Studies.  
>
>The competition involves Turing-like tests in using ordinary natural language
>in a specific domain.  Daniel C. Dennett is chairman of the prize committee.
>The next competition will be held 12/15/92.  
>
>Does anyone have any comments, criticisms, or suggestions about the article 
>or the competition.
>
>Ken Colby - Malibu Artifactual Intelligence Works

   In my opinion the present Loebner contest is unrealistically
difficult.  Adult level conversation is just too sophisticated for
the present state of the art, even when the subject is restricted.
   I have suggested that instead they try a preschool Turing test.  In
this variant, the human contestants are three year olds, and a parent
reads them the question from the screen and types their response, if
any.  Three year olds have very simple minds, and can understand and
use only very simple English.  Their world knowledge is also extremely
limited.  Yet for all their limitations, they have functioning
conscious minds.
   I think it is possible to develop a deep AI program in the near
future that would perform decently on the preschool Turing test.  Once
the test is passed for three year olds, the age of the children could
be progressively raised for future tests, until eventually the AI
critics surrender.  The full adult Turing test is a reasonable long
term objective, but we need to crawl before we try out for the
Olympics.
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Organisation: ECP-Paris France
Date: Friday, 13 Nov 1992 10:57:33 EDT
From: Guillaume Le Stum <LE_STUM@FRECP12.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Genetic algorithms


   Hi, does anybody knows about the effieciency of coding numbers in binary in
genetic algorithms, aren't there better ways to code numbers?
   By the way, is there a special newsgroup or listserv for ga ?

                      Guillaume
From: dion@DMI.USherb.CA (Jean-Guy Dion)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Help to find til.com
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:46:58 GMT
Distribution: us,ca
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique

Hi

I would like to know why when I call til.com my server respond: unknown host?
If another route is possible let me know!

Thanks!
-- 
Jean-Guy Dion
Departement de mathematiques et d'informatique
Universite de Sherbrooke
e-mail: jean-guy.dion@dmi.usherb.ca
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets,sci.engr.control
From: fb42@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de (Wolfgang Eger)
Subject: Integration of Xpert Systems and NN
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 10:40:41 GMT
Organization: RUM
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

I'm looking for information about the 

'Integration of Expertsystems and Neural Networks'

Does anybody know some good literature, papers, articles etc?
Or does anybody have practical experience?

Please contact me via E-Mail:

FB42@134.155.50.46

Wolfgang Eger

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From: kehler@calliope.uucp (Andy Kehler)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Loebner Turing test for Human like conversation
Keywords: Loebner, turing, natural language
Date: 6 Nov 92 02:16:21 GMT
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

In article <1992Nov5.212849.7986@cs.ucla.edu> colby@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Kenneth Colby) writes:
>In the summer issue of AI Magazine, there is an article on the Loebner
>Prize competition for most human-like computer conversationalist, wriiten by
>Robert Epstein, director Cambridge Center for Behaviorial Studies.  
>
>The competition involves Turing-like tests in using ordinary natural language
>in a specific domain.  Daniel C. Dennett is chairman of the prize committee.
>The next competition will be held 12/15/92.  
>
>Does anyone have any comments, criticisms, or suggestions about the article 
>or the competition.
>
>Ken Colby - Malibu Artifactual Intelligence Works

I haven't read the article, but I heard about the competition second
hand and read about it in the Boston Globe after it happened.  IMHO,
this competition serves no useful purpose whatsoever.  The winner of
the competition did so by picking the best "topic" ("whimsical
sayings", I believe, hardly a real discussion topic -- compare with
Shakespeare or wine, which I believe were others).

From what I understand, all systems were at about the level of ELIZA
(or worse).  This led people to the conclusion that Natural Language
Processing has made no progress in the last 25 years.  This conclusion
was made on the assumption that improving ELIZA-like programs is what
NLP researchers have been trying to do during these years, an
assumption that a competition like this helps to instill.  To
understate, this assumption is of course false.

As a result, a competition like this gains nothing, and in fact hurts
AI and NLP as valid fields of study (no flames on the 'valid field'
issue please).  I suggest that if Mr. Loebner wants to do something to
further AI, he funnel his money into a research area of his liking, or
underwrite a public television show that heightens awareness of what
AI/NLP is really all about.

My two cents.

  -- Andy Kehler
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From: tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Tim Roberts)
Subject: Re: Loebner Turing test for Human like conversation
Keywords: Loebner, turing, natural language
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:29:17 GMT

colby@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Kenneth Colby) writes:

>In the summer issue of AI Magazine, there is an article on the Loebner
>Prize competition for most human-like computer conversationalist, wriiten by
>Robert Epstein, director Cambridge Center for Behaviorial Studies.

>Does anyone have any comments, criticisms, or suggestions about the article
>or the competition.

>Ken Colby - Malibu Artifactual Intelligence Works

I am astounded at all the hostile, negative follow-ups that have appeared in
response to this.  IMHO such challenges as posed by this competition are to be
encouraged.  I have seen numerous talented academics and students veer away
from the AI field because of what is seen as its emphasis on formalism, the
need to couch everything in mathematical theorems, axioms, proofs, etc.
Surely there is a place for ideas and theories - and this is just the sort of
place where new ideas can be tested.

The current state of the art makes it essential that the competition be based
on something less than a complete passing of the Turing Test, as originally
specified.  We are still some way away from this.  To restrict the test to a
specific domain is clearly a wise decision, as can be seen precisely from the
amount of interest shown by the media etc.

If even one student or academic has their interest in NLP or AI increased in
this way, then this competition should be encouraged....if the purists don't
want to touch it, that's fine.  Let everyone do their own thing, OK ?

Tim

-- 
Tim S Roberts
School of Applied Science                 tel:     051-226467
Monash University (Gippsland)             fax:     051-221348
Switchback Road
Churchill                                 email:   tim@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
Victoria 3842
Australia
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From: okumura@okilab.oki.co.jp (Akira OKUMURA)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,fj.ai
Subject: KLAUS
Date: 5 Nov 92 03:02:50 GMT
Reply-To: okumura@okilab.oki.co.jp
Organization: Oki electric industry co.,ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Please let me know about the recent status of KLAUS project or any
articles on it.  I have only one in the book "Machine Learning", 1983
from Tioga.
--
Akira OKUMURA, Tokyo, JAPAN
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: ho@aslslc119.asl.dl.nec.com (C. L. Ho)
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.ai.fuzzy
Organization: NEC America, Inc Irving TX
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:04:09 GMT

I vote for comp.ai.fuzzy or comp.fuzzy.
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From: craig@hsvaic.boeing.com (Frank Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Re: RFI: Nexpert Object
Date: 2 Nov 92 14:50:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Boeing AI Center, Huntsville, AL

I have been using Nexpert Object for about 3 years and found that it is
an excellent expert system shell.  It is deliverable on a wide range of
platforms and is easily embedded in other applications as well as having
interfaces to many databases.
As you have described your customers idea of having users modify the
knowledge base, I don't think would work well, especially if they have
no programming experience. As you probably know, the users that would be
modifing the rules would have to have some understanding of how rules 
relate to one another and the effects of forward and backward chaining.
In addition, most users, even thought they have a lot of knowledge about
the problem domain, lack the skill to be able to put that knowledge into
rules and then be able to debug the knowledge base. If on the other hand
your system was more parameterized, as you have stated, and your expert
system was data driven, then you could allow the users to modify the
data, and therefore the system, without having to change the knowledge base.
I hope this information is helpful.

Frank Craig                E-mail: craig@hsvaic.boeing.com
Huntsville AI Center               {major site}!uw-beaver!bcsaic!hsvaic!craig
Boeing Computer Services   Voice:  (205)-464-4929  Fax: (205)-464-4930
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Frank Craig                E-mail: craig@hsvaic.boeing.com
Huntsville AI Center               {major site}!uw-beaver!bcsaic!hsvaic!craig
Boeing Computer Services   Voice:  (205)-464-4929  Fax: (205)-464-4930
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
From: mpg92130@dit.upm.es (IIGO MASCARAQUE SUSUNAGA)
Subject: ert
Organization: UUES, Asociacion de Usuarios de UNIX, Spain
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:25:49 GMT


Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
From: borchert@walt.MsState.Edu (Chris Borchert)
Subject: Addresses sought for expert systems manufacturers
Organization: /home/grad/borchert/.organization
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:38:00 GMT

I am looking for addresses for several expert systems manufacturers for the 
Sun, including KES and ART-IM.  If you have addresses or phone numbers to 
these shell companies, I would appreciate that information.

Thanks,
Chris Borchert
borchert@CS.MsState.Edu
--
Chris Borchert
borchert@CS.MsState.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
From: flowerc@pell2l12.alleg.edu (Cynthia Flowers)
Subject: expert system shells / production systems needed
Organization: Allegheny College
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:56:32 GMT

I am currently working on a project dealing with meta-knowledge within  
expert systems.  I was wondering if anyone knew of any expert system  
shells / production systems that could run on a NeXT or SUN and allow me  
to work within the shell's code. 

I'd greatly appriciate any response. 

Thanks,
Cindy

--
Cindy Flowers
flowerc@alleg.edu
From: athanass@cs.concordia.ca (MICHAILIDIS athanassios)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: Blackboards
Date: 7 Nov 92 03:32:39 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Hello,

If there is anyone out there who knows any good publications
about "blackboards" please respond via email to athanass@cs.concordia.ca

Thanassis Michailidis
Concordia U.    
Montreal Canada
From: rpollack@zach.fit.edu (Randy Pollack)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
Subject: GBB (Blackboard Technology Group)
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:57:37 GMT
Organization: Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne USA

I am interested in the blackboard expert system shell called GBB that's
produced by the Blackboard Technology Group.  Has anyone here used it
or seen infor/reviews about it other than the advertising literature
that the company sends out?  I'd appreciate any references.

Please respond via email - I don't read this newsgroup regularly.

Thanks,

Randy Beth Pollack
rpollack@zach.fit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells
From: hesse@fzi.de
Subject: C based Truth Maintenance System
Reply-To: hesse@fzi.de
Organization: FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:55:56 GMT


Hi,

has someone a C based truth maintenance system.
(I want add the "world" concept in a existing expert system shell. 
 So I must handle consistent rule sets. )

Thanks, in advance

	Bye

		Jan

___________________________________________________________________
Jan Hesse                                       
Tel:   +49-721-9654-311    Forschungszentrum Informatik FZI
Fax:   +49-721-9654-309	   Dept. Tech. Expert Systems and Robotics
email: hesse@fzi.de	   Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 10-14
			   D-7500 Karlsruhe West-GERMANY
___________________________________________________________________
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From: cmp0118@sys.uea.ac.uk (S. Green)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.shells,comp.ai
Subject: Xi+
Date: 5 Nov 92 11:39:42 GMT
Organization: UEA School of Information Systems, Norwich, UK.

I don't suppose if anybody knows how to handle certainty factors/weightings 
in the expert systems shells Xi plus? 

 Thanks

   Steven Green

   cmp0118@uk.ac.uea.sys
   cmp0118@uk.ac.uea
   cmp0118@uk.ac.east-anglia.cpc
Newsgroups: comp.ai
From: jackson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Peter Jackson,CH237A,,)
Subject: Re: Prade and Dubois
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:06:45 GMT

From article <cmp0118.721409209@oxygen.sys.uea.ac.uk>, by cmp0118@sys.uea.ac.uk (S. Green):
> If anyone could send me any references to the work of Didier Dubois
> or Henri Prade on uncertainty, I would be grateful. I am currently
> conducting a literature survey on uncertainty, and require some refernces to 
> their work.
> 
>     Thanks,
>         Steven Gree

Dubois, D., Lang, J. & Prade, H. (1987).  Theorem proving under
uncertainty: A possibility theory based approach.  10th IJCAI, 984-986.

Dubois, D. & Prade, H. (1988).  Representation and combination of
uncertainty with belief functions and possibility measures.
Computational INtelligence, 4, 244-264.

Dubois, D., Prade, H. & Testemale, C. (1988).  In search of a modal
system for possibility theory.  8th ECAI, 501-506.

---

Peter Jackson

system for possibility theory.  n
From: colby@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Kenneth Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Loebner Turing test for Human like conversation
Keywords: Loebner, turing, natural language
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:28:49 GMT
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department

In the summer issue of AI Magazine, there is an article on the Loebner
Prize competition for most human-like computer conversationalist, wriiten by
Robert Epstein, director Cambridge Center for Behaviorial Studies.  

The competition involves Turing-like tests in using ordinary natural language
in a specific domain.  Daniel C. Dennett is chairman of the prize committee.
The next competition will be held 12/15/92.  

Does anyone have any comments, criticisms, or suggestions about the article 
or the competition.

Ken Colby - Malibu Artifactual Intelligence Works
From: adamy@carson.u.washington.edu (Adam E.C. Yeh)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: A* search algorithm: Any implemented codes in C?
Keywords: A star search, C
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:22:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov9.192206.2677
Organization: University of Washington

Hi, there:

I am currently working on some optimization problems involved in
the electrical distribution network design. I'd like to know if 
there are any implemented A* codes. I prefer that the codes were written
in C so that I can use them directly. Any suggestions and comments will
be appreciated.

Adam E.C. Yeh

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From: erik@maui.til.com (Erik Horstkotte)
Subject: RE: RFD: comp.ai.fuzzy
Organization: Togai InfraLogic, Inc.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:06:11 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.075406.9298@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, baechtel@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:

|> Vote: YES

Sorry, that's a bit premature.  This is still at the RFD (request for
discussion) stage.  We'll get to the vote in a couple of weeks, I
believe.  Your support is welcome, of course!
-- 
Erik Horstkotte, Togai InfraLogic, Inc.
The World's Source for Fuzzy Logic Solutions (The company, not me!)
erik@til.com, gordius!til!erik - (714) 975-8522
info@til.com for info, fuzzy-server@til.com for fuzzy mail-server
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