Chapter Questions
What do you see as being the primary objective of AI research: the human mind or an intelligent machine? Give reasons to support your answer.
Research and discuss the Turing Test for AI. Do you think any of the current AI systems could pass the Turing Test? Give reasons for your answer.
Discuss areas where you think expert systems could contribute to the productivity and profitability of an organisation.
Management services have in the past depended upon mathematical techniques for dealing with complex managerial problems such as scheduling and planning. Expert system techniques are now sometimes used instead. Why?
Describe, in your own words, what you think would make computer software "intelligent."
Discuss two potentially negative effects on society of the development of AI techniques.
Why did the general problem solver program discussed earlier in this chapter fail?