Beyond AI

"These are some of the questions discussed by computer scientist J. Storrs Hall̃. This is a guide for the general reader to the latest developments in artificial intelligence. Drawing on a thirty-year career, Hall reviews the history of AI, discussing some of the major roadblocks that the field has recently overcome, and he predicts the probable achievements in the near future. There is new excitement in the field over the amazing capabilities of the latest robots and renewed optimism that the goal of achieving human-level intelligence is reachable."--Jacket.