dewey@sequoia.UUCP (Dewey Henize) (03/24/89)
Watching the boob tube this morning (not a lot to chose from at 4AM), I was treated to what seems to be repeated every year lately - reports on how badly the IRS itself is at answering questions regarding filling in our wonderful tax forms. Working in this industry, I get bombarded weekly with announcements of new and wonderful uses for Expert Systems/AI packages, that are all announced as using a ruleset and a clear interface to solve recurring problems. Put these two together and you should see my question coming - isn't someone who knows AI (I admit up front I don't) missing a fantasticly lucrative market here? I've used most of the PC based 'fill in the forms' software, or some large number of them anyhow. Awkward, to say the least. I haven't seen anything better though. Why not? I know the tax laws are nasty, but isn't that exactly what the Expert Systems proponents say their field is supposed to address? What am I missing? Are there products out that do this and I haven't heard about them? Or is it really beyond current technology? Or is it just 'not interesting' to the AI/Expert Systems folks? Really, I'd like to know. Heck, I might even buy something... Dewey Henize -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | There is nothing in the above message that can't be explained by sunspots. | | execu!dewey Dewey Henize | | Can you say standard disclaimer? I knew you could. Somehow... | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-