Conference heron::euro_swas_ai

345.0. ""Strategic AI" presentation" by ULYSSE::ROACH (TANSTAAFL !) Fri Jun 28 1991 11:01

 

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                                        Date:     27-Jun-1991 10:06pm CET
                                        From:     BEANE
                                                  BEANE@BIGRED@MRGATE@DPD03@DPD
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TO: See Below

Subject: "Strategic AI" presentation

I recently put together a presentation on the strategic value of AI. You can get a
copy of it from:

	BIGRED::STRATEGIC-AI.PS

I've not had time to put a script together for it, yet, but you should be able to
figure most of it out.

The only thing I think needs further clarification is the chart on Slide 10. It
shows the results of a study by a trade & industry association in Brittain on the
relationship between cost of developing solutions and the technology used to solve
problems. The chart shows that AI techniques have the cost advantage in the low
end (through PC shells) because the learning curve and infrastructure needed to
generate solutions is much less that with traditional MIS solutions. The chart
also shows that AI has the advantage at the high end because the complexity of
the solution grows more slowly (using inference & search) than with conventional
techniques (e.g., nested IF-THEN-ELSE statements).

Enjoy!

Distribution:


TO:
DENNIS DICKERSON@DL STEVE DONOVAN@DLO   Tommy Gaut@HSO      Ed Hurry@DVO        
Louis Pau@VBE       jim rather@HSO      Pat Roach@VBE       Czarena Siebert@HSO 
Mike Sievers@HSO    Dale Stout@HSO      Susan Sugar@MWO     Sherry Williams@HSO 
Mike Willis@HSO     Tom Wilson@HST