Table of Contents

Where's HAL?, David G. Stork; scientist on the set - an interview with Marvin Minsky, David G. Stork; could we build HAL? supercomputer design, David Kuck; foolproof and incapable of error? computer reliability, Ravishnakar K. Iyer; "an enjoyable game" - computer chess, Murray Campbell; HAL speaks - computer speech synthesis, Joseph P. Olive; talking to HAL - speech recognition by computer, Ray Kurzweil; "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" - language comprehension by HAL, Roger C. Schank; the first steps to AI - common sense, Doug Lenat; HAL's eyes - computer vision, Azriel Rosenfeld; people listening without hearing - HAL and speechreading, David G. Stork; living in space - human-machine interactions in the future, Donald A. Norman; HAL, computer languages and images - using computers, Stephen Wolfram; does HAL cry digital tears? - computers and emotions, Rosalind W. Picard; things never turn out the way you plan - planning by computer, David E. Wilkins; when HAL kills, who's to blame? computer ethics, Daniel Dennett.