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Applied Intelligent Systems

New Directions

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  • © 2004

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  • Provides practical examples of successful applications of Intelligent Systems to real world problems
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (STUDFUZZ, volume 153)

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Humans have always been hopeless at predicting the futureā€¦most people now generally agree that the margin of viability in prophecy appears to be 1 ten years. Even sophisticated research endeavours in this arena tend to go 2 off the rails after a decade or so. The computer industry has been particularly prone to bold (and often way off the mark) predictions, for example: ā€˜I think there is a world market for maybe five computersā€™ Thomas J. Watson, IBM Chairman (1943), ā€˜I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that wonā€™t last out the yearā€™ Prentice Hall Editor (1957), ā€˜There is no reason why anyone would want a computer in their homeā€™ Ken Olsen, founder of DEC (1977) and ā€˜640K ought to be enough for anybodyā€™ Bill Gates, CEO Microsoft (1981). 3 The field of Artificial Intelligence ā€“ right from its inception ā€“ has been particularly plagued by ā€˜bold prediction syndromeā€™, and often by leading practitioners who should know better. AI has received a lot of bad press 4 over the decades, and a lot of it deservedly so. How often have we groaned in despair at the latest ā€˜by the year-20xx, we will all haveā€¦(insert your own particular ā€˜hobby horseā€™ here ā€“ e. g.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Information, Technology & Computer Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

    John Fulcher

  • Knowledge-Based Intelligent, Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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