Artificial Intelligence CSC 361 Tutorial#1 1

Exercise#1 Examine the AI literature to discover whether the following tasks can currently be solved by computers: 2

Playing a decent game of table tennis (Ping-Pong). Driving in the center of Cairo, Egypt. Driving in Victorville, California. Buying a week’s worth of groceries at the market. Buying a week’s worth of groceries on the Web. Playing a decent game of Go at a champion level. Discovering and proving new mathematical theorems. Writing an intentionally funny story. Giving competent legal advice in a specialized area of law. Translating spoken English into spoken Swedish in real time. Performing a complex surgical operation. Identifying objects in images. 3

Playing a decent game of table tennis (Ping-Pong). 4

Driving in Victorville, California. 5

Driving in the center of Cairo, Egypt. 6

Not yet! Buying a week’s worth of groceries at the market. But there are robots that deliver your orders! 7

 Buying a week’s worth of groceries on the Web. What examples can you think of? 8

Playing a decent game of Go at a champion level. 9

Discovering and proving new mathematical theorems. Limited but possible! 10

Not yet! Writing an intentionally funny story. he was silent for a long moment. he was silent for a moment. it was quiet for a moment. it was dark and cold. there was a pause. it was my turn. 11

Giving competent legal advice in a specialized area of law.  12

 Check out google translate! Translating spoken English into spoken Swedish in real time.  Check out google translate! 13

Performing a complex surgical operation. Limited but possible! 14

Identifying objects in images.  15