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CoS Lecture

CategoryLecture
DateTuesday, March 10, 2009
Time7:00 pm
LocationCentennial Hall
DetailsLectures are held at Centennial Hall on the campus of the University of Arizona. Parking is available on a pay per use basis in the Tyndall Avenue Garage. Call 520-621-4090 for more information.
SpeakerPaul Cohen
TitleHead and Professor
AffiliationComputer Science Department, UA

Really Intelligent Computers

Halfway through its first century, artificial intelligence has delivered some astonishing successes on narrowly defined tasks: cars that drive themselves, airline reservation systems you can talk to, search engines for the Web. Yet these accomplishments have failed to match the general, flexible, adaptive mind of a two-year-old child. By understanding the differences between childlike and computer intelligence, we set the stage for the development of really intelligent computers.