A look into the next century of AI The Wonderful Future? A look into the next century of AI Kamal Aboul-Hosn Cornell University

Virtual Worlds? Consider filming of Fellowship of the Rings Such virtual worlds are not impossible The future of human interaction? Seeds already exist with email, instant messenging, NetMeeting,... What roles will computers play? WETA:9:21 FotR: 29:39

A World of Virtual People? We can already create a virtual world with virtual people who behave like humans Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Helm’s Deep battle sequence done with a program called MASSIVE

The MASSIVE program Breakthrough in film & Artificial Intelligence All agents act independently Programmed based on human behavior Given some randomness (happiness, aggression) Some unexpectedly decided to retreat One seems to talk on a cellular phone WETA: 11:55 TTT: 1:16:10

Back to Thinking Criteria What does it mean to think? Learn and adapt without the aid of others Perform multiple tasks Convey knowledge to others Take knowledge and reason about the world

Back to Thinking Criteria Learn and adapt without the aid of others GA-walker MASSIVE agents Perform multiple tasks “Eaters” world creatures

Back to Thinking Criteria Convey knowledge to others Chatbots Take knowledge and reason about the world Deep Blue MASSIVE agents NAVlab

So Why No AIs Around? No entity can accomplish all of these tasks Each works within a limited domain Expensive MASSIVE: $40,000 per license

"Before the next century is over, human beings will no longer be the most intelligent or capable type of entity on the planet. Actually, let me take that back. The truth of that last statement depends on how we define human.” --Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines