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Issue #11
September 2003
By Dennis Merritt
AI - The art and science of making computers do interesting things that
are not in their nature.
I've been meaning to add code corners to the last few newsletters but haven't
found the time. So this newsletter will be all about building the types of AI
systems discussed in the last few issues. In other words, this is an issue for
those who want to roll up their sleeves and create their own AI systems.
The two types of AI application studied are chat bots (July
2003 newsletter) and ontologies (June
2003 newsletter).
Both are perfect examples of the ideas expressed in the first newsletter (November
2002) about AI applications in general. Both require a knowledge representation
language and a reasoning engine that knows how to apply that knowledge.
In the case of chat bots, the knowledge is patterns of inputs and responses
that drive a dialog. In the case of ontologies, the knowledge is relationships
and attributes of words and concepts.
A chat bot tool provides a way to represent the knowledge and a way to deploy
it.
