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| Video Title:
| Washburn Lecture Series at the Museum of Science, Boston: "2001: A Space Odyssey. Are we there yet?" Lecture one (of three) - Human/Computer Conversation: HAL and Beyond, with Justine Cassell, Ph.D.
| | Description:
| Justine Cassell's lecture, "Human/Computer Conversation: HAL and Beyond," was the first in the three speaker lecture series: "2001: A Space Odyssey. Are we there yet?" When she gave this talk, Dr. Cassell was an associate professor in the MIT Media Laboratory. She is now [2007] the director of Northwestern University's Center for Technology & Social Behavior, and a full professor in the departments of Communication Studies and Electrical Engineering & Computer. The Washburn Lecture Series was held at the Museum of Science, Boston, and Dr. Cary Sneider, Vice President for Programs, introduced the speakers.
| | Date of Video:
| November 6, 2001
| | Color. Sound. Length (min:sec): 97:18.
| | Copyright Info:
| ?? Museum of Science, Boston and righthsolders of video clips ??
| | Interesting Clips:
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- 5:12 clip from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
- 11:14-12:48 Take-away Points
- 12:50 using machines to better understand humans, and Artificial Intelligence\'s original endeavor *13:50 Ancient History: Organicist Automata
- 15:14 Vaucanson Duck & Droz’s Writing Boy
- 22:58 clip from "Knight Rider" featuring KITT [Knight Industries Two Thousand]
- 26:13 "he, she or it" anecdote
- 28:04 explanation of Neo-Organicist Functional Embodiment and Embodied Conversational Agents [ECAs]
- 42:20 Technical Challenges [in building ECAs]
- 45:15 clip of REA, the ECA realtor
- 60:18 another clip of REA
- 64:40 another clip of REA
- 52:23 concept of shared reality
- 53:17 three "ECAs in Shared Reality" projects: Grandchair, MACK, and Sam
- 80:15 Q & A: the first addresses the potential for misuse of this technology, and the last one is about Machine Learning and Symbolic approaches
| | Location of Original:
| ?? Museum of Science, Boston ??
| | Comments:
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Links to the 2nd and 3rd lectures in the series are available at
Several of Dr. Cassell\'s papers [including "Embodied Conversational Agents: Representation and Intelligence in User Interfaces," AI Magazine 22 (4): Winter 2001, 67-83] are available from her collection of publications at
The online version of "HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality," edited by David G. Stork, can be found at
| | Contributor:
| Jon Glick
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