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Artificial life and 2

artificial intelligence

THE EVOLUTION OF ROBOTICS LEADS TO TWO FAR-REACH-
ing topics, the creation of artificial intelligence and artificial life.

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People dream of creating a machine with artificial intelligence (AI)
that rivals or surpasses human intelligence. I feel neural networks
are the best technology for developing and generating AI in com-
puter systems. This is in contrast to other computerists who see
expert systems and task-specific rule-based systems (programs) as
potentially more viable.

It is an undeniable fact that rule-based computer operating systems
(DOS, Windows, Linux, etc.) and rule-based software are valuable
and do most (close to all) of the computer labor today. Even so, the
pattern matching and learning capabilities of neural networks are
the most promising approach to realizing the AI dream.
Recently it had been forecasted that large-scale parallel proces-
sors using a combination of neural networks and fuzzy logic
could simulate the human brain within 10 years. While this
forecast may be optimistic, progress is being made toward
achieving that goal. Second-generation neural chips are on the
market. Recently two companies (Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA,
and Nestor Inc., Providence, RI), through joint effort, created a
new neural chip called the Ni1000. The Ni1000 chip, released in
1993, contains 1024 artificial neurons. This integrated circuit

Team LRN Artificial life and artificial intelligence

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