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AI: Trends and Directions

Stuart C. ShapiroProfessor, CSE

Affiliated Professor, Linguistics, Philosophy

Director, SNePS Research Group

ACM Distinguished Scientist

Fellow, AAAI

CSE Alumni Symposium

April 25, 2009

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Cognitive Architectures

Architectures for Integrated AI SystemsRobots

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Mind

BodyIndependentof lower-body

implementation

Hearing

Vision

Motion

Speech WORLD

I/P s o c k e t s

MGLAIR Agent Architecture

Dependenton lower-bodyimplementation

Proprioception

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Cassie, the FEVAHR(Foveal ExtraVehicular Activity Helper-Retriever)

Alumni Symposium 4[Supported by NASA, 1994-96]

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FEVAHR/Cassie in the Lab

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Who am I?

I talked to Stuand I am talking to you.

Your name is ‘Bill’and you are a person.

Who are you?

I am the FEVAHRand my name is ‘Cassie’.

Who have you talked to?

NL Capable RobotsShowing Self-Awareness & Deixis

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Recognizing Indistinguishable Objects

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: perform get(gold)No breeze here.No stench here.Exploring the cave...Found a safe room...

Wumpus World Agent

[Shapiro & Kandefer, IJCAI-05 Workshop on Nonmonotonic Reasoning, Action, & Change]

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GLAIR Agentsin

Intermedia Performances

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As part of UB’s Intermedia Performance StudioSupported by:UB IRCAF, 2003-04UB IRDF, 2006-07Robert and Carol Morris Fund for Artistic Expression and Performing Arts, 2007-09

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Patofil and Filopatfrom “The Trial, The Trail”A VR drama by Josephine Anstey et al.

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[Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) 2005]

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[E-Poetry Symposium, Buffalo, NY, April 1, 2006]

The Trial The Trail& Human Trials

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Lights/Rats

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[365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Week 24, Buffalo, NY, April, 26-27, 2007]

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Workers of the World

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[Buiffalo Infringement Festival, 2008Maker Faire, Travis County, TX, 2008]

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WoyUbu, “Dramaturgs”

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[Buffalo, NY, March, 2009]

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WoyUbu, “Robot War”

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WoyUbu, “The Bear”

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MGLAIR For Data Fusion

Data Sources

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Contextual ReasoningAbout Small Boat Threats

Context-Based IR

[Supported by ONR, 2008]

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Medical Ontology Reasoning

[Supported by the John R. Oishei Foundation, 2007-2009]

RTS, FMA, SNOMED, OBO, …

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Ontologieswith Multiple Hierarchical Relations

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SNeRG: 2004-2009

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Prof. Stuart C. Shapiro, CSE, Director Ahmed Hassan, CSE

Prof. William J. Rapaport, CSE, Assoc. Dir. Paul Heider, LIN

Prof. Josephine Anstey, DMS Frances L. Johnson, CSE PhD'06

Prof. Carl Alphonse, CSE Mike Kandefer, CSE

Prof. Debra Burhans, CS, Canisius Coll. Asish Kulkarni, CSE

Dr. Albert Goldfain, Blue Highway, LLC Madhumitha Nagarajan, CSE MS'08

Prof. Jean-Pierre A. Koenig, LIN Roelant Ossewaarde, LIN

Prof. David Pierce, CSE Yana Petrova, LIN

Shane Axtell, CL MS ‘07 Mike Prentice, CSE

Chris Becker, CL John F. Santore, CSE PhD'05

Jon Bona, CSE Vishwac Sena, CSE

Dima Dligach, CSE Scott Settembre, CSE

Trupti Devdas Nayak, CSE MS'05 A. Patrice Seyed, CSE

Albert Goldfain, CSE PhD'08 Andy Wetta, LIN

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For More Information

SNePS Research Group: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/sneps/