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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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KL (SNePS)
PMLa
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SAL
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)
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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/