Recent Talks and Papers
(last updated 19.06.2001)
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Flying Lessons:
What can aviation investigations tell other disciplines about the human-computer
interface?
Whitby B. 2001
(CSRP 533)
How to Avoid
a Robot Takeover: Political and Ethical Choices in the Design and Introduction
of Intelligent Artifacts, Whitby B. and Oliver K. 2000
Paper to be given at the AISB-00Symposium on Artificial Intelligence,
Ethics and (Quasi-) Human Rights.
I'd like comments on this paper
on Internet Morality.
Internet Morality,
Whitby B. ,1999.
During the last couple of years I have appeared on various TV and radio programmes
talking on various aspects of the Turing test. However, if you want to know
what I really think about the Turing test read this paper.
Why The Turing test
is AI's Biggest Blind Alley, Whitby, B. 1997
Ethics for Virtual Reality
You may also want to take a look at this paper on the ethics of Virtual Reality.
The Virtual
Sky is not the Limit, Whitby B. 1996
Maps and Aeronautical Navigation, Exeter University, March
1997. This is based on a paper in recent collection: Forms of Representation,
edited by Donald Peterson
Maps, Multiple Knowledge Representations, and Aeronautical Navigation.
It is often observed that humans use a vast number of different types of
external representations to help them in various tasks. Opinions vary however,
as to whether this diversity is functional or should be imitated in computational
systems. This talk will deliberately focus on an area where there is a clear
and defined need to represent information in an unambiguous and standardized
manner. If we find a significant degree of 'ad hoc' techniques in this area
we may expect to find far more in areas where mistakes, ambiguities, and
delays are less critical.
This does not constitute a complete and final argument that AI should
abandon attempts to find a single method of represenating knowledge and concentrate
instead on ways of integrating ad hoc representations. It is, however, a
very strong suggestion that this is the way forward.
You can find out more about Forms of Representation at Intellect books
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