Epstein Secrets

ns of the ACM 37, No. 7, 107-116 (1994). Accepted for publication May 17, 2002. J. McCarthy Stanford University Stanford, California M. Minsky Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts A. Sloman University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK L. Gong IBM Research Division Hawthorne, New York T. Lau IBM Research Divisi

k Siskind (Purdue University), Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham), Oliver Steele (Systems), Linda Stone (independent consultant), Vemor Vinge (San Diego State University), and Michael Witbrock (Cycorp). References Braclunan, Ronald; and Lenutios, Zachary 2002. DARPA's New Cognitive Systems Vision. Computing Researc

empt of his to show how machines, even simple ones, might seduce us with both brains and looks. The effect of a giant tinkertoy pile sitting there at The Massachusets Institute of Technology had to make you giggle, even as your mind boggled at the fact that this heap of sticks, strings and dials was beating you again and again ata child’s

ghting in complexity.” (Turing’s rhyming computer, you have to suspect, could have done better.)?°+ One of the first speakers at the conference was a San Diego State University professor named Vernor Vinge, whose remarks that day marked the start of an important era in our consideration of smart machines. The Coming Technolo

Harvard University; Penn tate University; Lenox Hill Hospital (New York); the Biomedical Research and Education Foundation; the Santa Fe Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Case Western Reserve University; and Harvard Medical School's Institute for Music and Brain Science. Moreover, Mr. Epstein has sponsored and chair

tute of Technology), le ark Purdue Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham), Oliver Steele (1111Systems), (independent consultant), Vemor Vinge (San Diego State University), and Michael Witbrock (Cycorp). References Brachman, Ronald; and Lenudos, Zachary 2002. DARPA's New Cognitive Systems Vision. Computing Research