By Jocelyn Paine AI Expert Newsletter AI - The art and science of making computers do interesting things that are not in their nature. Update to last month's "Regular expressions in Prolog"; The University of Bath Replicating Rapid-Prototyper; FlockBots: Open source swarm robots; Open source Java AI software; What is planning?; Final part of the evolutionary art feature November 2005 Introduction Perl Style Regular Expressions in Prolog Links RepRap: Replicating Rapid-Prototypers and the Free Hardware Foundation The Cessna and the parrot A useful virus as big as a fridge No more unrefillable-printer-cartridge scams Extruded plastics and Wood's-metal wiring Reprap and AI Links The Death of Science Open Source Swarm Robots: FlockBots Links Open Source Java Programs: Expert Systems, Planners, Probabilistic Reasoners, and More Links What is Planning? Links The Star Maker Evolves a Musical Cosmos Evolutionary Art Propagation of the prettiest The Eliza effect in interactive art Aesthetic measure Evolving the audience Pavarotti and the ants Genetic jazz - every day, on WDYN Links Do Stuff Because It's Wonderful Links   Introduction I have been feeling cynical this week.

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