The art of computer conversation: a new medium for communication
The art of computer conversation: a new medium for communication
Cooperation is key: an interview with B. R. Inman
Communications of the ACM
Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation
Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation
Computers in 1980s
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The Japanese initiative in scheduling a development program for a fifth generation of computers has shocked a drowsy West into realizing that computer technology has reached a new maturity. We are ready to take a step forward and integrate into systems the advances in very-large-scale integration, artificial intelligence, database management systems, and the human-computer interface of the last decade. Suddenly, work on the fringes of the computer industry, particularly that in artificial intelligence, is perceived as central and of commercial and military strategic importance. This paper examines the economic, historic, social, and technical logic behind the fifth-generation program from several perspectives. It gives a basis for evaluating the program, responses to it, and its effect on our industry and society.