rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins) (08/26/83)
from AP (or NYT?) COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTER: 'Artificially Intelligent' Machine Analyses Phone Trouble WASHINGTON - Researchers at Bell Laboratories say they've developed an ''artificially intelligent'' computer system that works like a highly trained human analyst to find troublespots within a local telephone network. Slug PM-Bell Computer. New, will stand. 670 words. Oh, looks like we beat the Japanese :-( Why weren't we told that 'artificial intelligence' was about to exist? Does anyone know if this is the newspaper's fault, or if the guy they talked to just wanted more attention??? -- Randwulf (Randy Haskins); Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh or... rh@mit-ee (via mit-mc)
ech@pyuxll.UUCP (Ned Horvath) (09/04/83)
The press release you quoted is what you should expect of a technical topic in the popular press. The system referred to -- ACE -- is, in fact, an expert system designed to assist clerical personnel in troubleshooting circuit problems, no more, no less. =Ned=