As technology has advanced, you may have wondered whether (or simply when) artificial
intelligence devices will replace the humans who perform complex, interactive, interpersonal …

From the Publisher: Can we build a robot with humanlike intelligence__ __ What technology
is needed to produce the perfect blueprint for the ideal" living" robot__ __ What part will …

The British philosopher Stephan Toulmin, in his The Uses of Argument, made the
provocative claim that" logic is generalized jurisprudence". For Toulmin, logic is the study of …

Although artificial intelligence (AI) is commonly associated with anthropomorphic computers
performing amazing feats, as in movies like The Matrix and Minority Report, AI is actually a …

Robots, after all Page 1 90 October 2003/Vol. 46, No. 10 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM
Head and torso of a full-size Robonaut, a humanoid robot designed by the Robot Systems …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems every place these days. This article asks: Using AI, can a
computer serve as an arbitrator issuing final, binding awards, with little or no involvement by …

Believing that the enterprise of constructing" artificial intelligence" transcends the bounds of
any one discipline, the editors of Mechanical Bodies, Computational Minds have brought …

Abstract _Our artifacts are getting smarter, and a loose parallel with the evolution of animal
intelligence suggests one future course_ _for them. Computerless industrial machinery …

Within the universe of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), arbitration enjoys a prominent
status. If the disputing parties need a binding decision but do not want to go to court …

Embodiment has been perceived by some as one of the fundamental issues in the pursuit of
artificial intelligence, a perspective that has only been mainstream in recent years. This …