The AI Business

What is the bottom line on Artificial Intelligence? The AI Business offers a comprehensive summary of the commercial picture present and future for Artificial Intelligence in the computer industry medicine the oil industry and electronic design. AI''s brightest and best - financiers researchers and users - analyze current projects speculate on trends in factory automation compare research in Japan and the U.S. and note the pros and cons of investment opportunities. Contents: Expert Systems. Amplifying Expertise with Expert Systems Randall Davis (MIT). XCON: An Expert Configuration System at Digital Equipment Corporation Arnold Kraft (DEC). DIPMETER ADVISOR: An Expert Logo Analysis System at Schlumberger James D. Baker (Schlumberger). CADUCEUS: An Experimental Expert System for Medical Diagnosis Harry E. Pople Jr. (University of Pittsburgh). The Low Road the Middle Road and the High Road John Seely Brown (Xerox). Work and Play. Inventing the Future Alan Kay (Atari). The Engineer''s Apprentice Aryeh Finegold (Daisy Systems Corporation). The Programmer''s Apprentice Charles Rich (MIT). Intelligent Advisory Systems Roger Schank (Cognitive Systems Inc. and Yale University). Natural Language Front Ends Larry R. Harris (Artificial Intelligence Corporation). Robotics. Intelligent Robots: Connecting Perception to Action ). Michael Brady (MIT). Intelligent Robots: Moving toward Megassembly Philippe Villers (Automatix Inc.). Intelligent Robots: Myth or Reality Paul M. Russo (GE). Today and Tomorrow. The Problems and the Promise Marvin Minsky (MIT). An Investment Opportunity? Frederick R. Adler (Adler & Company). Financing the Future William H. Janeway (F. Eberstadt& Co. Inc.) From the Blocks World to the Business World Patrick H. Winston and Karen A. Prendergast (MIT). How to Learn More.