Barbara Hayes-Roth

bhr@cs.stanford.edu -- Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University
~What is your particular speciality in Artificial Intelligence?
 Intelligent Agents
Improvisational Actors

~What is the AI system you are researching/developing designed for?
To create intelligent agents that function as improvisational actors in
virtual worlds.

~What approaches are you using in your research / development ?
Our own agent architecture combined with various media interfaces.

~What do you see as some fundemental ways that AI in general will impact people's lives in the future?
 Online virtual worlds, other kinds of environments for social interaction,
new art forms, new entertainment genres, educational toys, customized commercial
services, ...

~What subjects would you encourage high-school level students to take, who are interested in AI?
 A broad education including math, science, computing, humanities, and the arts.

~Other Commments:
I think the most exciting new work in Artificial Intelligence arises in
interdisciplinary explorations integrating advanced AI techniques with
important problems in science, engineering, medicine, education, and the
arts.

Barbara Hayes-Roth

homepage: http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/people/bhr
e-mail: bhr@cs.stanford.edu
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