library agent

Cover page: 

Cover page

Intelligent Conversational Agents for Information Resource Discovery John Wanserski, Deputy Director, Kurt F. Wendt LibraryUW-Madison Joe Rheaume, B.S. Computer Science, UW-Milwaukee : 

Intelligent Conversational Agents for Information Resource Discovery John Wanserski, Deputy Director, Kurt F. Wendt Library UW-Madison Joe Rheaume, B.S. Computer Science, UW-Milwaukee

Peter Plantec site: 

Peter Plantec site

Ordinary Magic: 

Ordinary Magic

Virtual Humans book: 

Virtual Humans book

Kurzweil AI.net: 

Kurzweil AI.net

1950 2004: 

1950 2004

NS-5: 

NS-5

The 3 Laws of RoboticsFrom “I, Robot “ by Isaac Asimov, c1950: 

The 3 Laws of Robotics From “I, Robot “ by Isaac Asimov, c1950 May not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm. Must obey orders by humans except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. Must protect its own existence if it does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Knowledge-on-Demand: 

Knowledge-on-Demand Makes the virtual university a reality. Requires switch from traditional lectures to communication technologies. Necessitates justification of the economic feasibility of expensive systems. Requires students to feel comfortable and trusting in a virtual setting.

Intelligent Internet: 

Intelligent Internet Advances in speech recognition Artificial intelligence Virtual environments Flat wall monitors “Smart” computing power The Futurist: The Intelligent Internet in Government Computer News, June 28, 2004 http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26338-1.html

Intelligent Internet: 

Intelligent Internet Reliable speech recognition by 2010. Land’s End, Amtrak, etc. replacing keypad-menu call centers with speech-recognition systems. Virtual robots/environments will populate the Web by 2010. TeleLiving - conversational human-machine interface for shopping, working, educating, entertaining, and conducting social relationships. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC leases videoconferencing system (5’x7’) for virtual meetings from remote locations. Internet search engines operate voice-recognition systems. UCLA creates virtual ancient Rome. 3-D images of reconstructed temples, monuments, and plazas as in Rome 2,000 years ago.

UCLA Cultural VR Lab: 

UCLA Cultural VR Lab

Turing TestAlan M. Turing (1912-1954) : 

Turing Test Alan M. Turing (1912-1954) The interrogator is connected to one person and one machine via a terminal. The task is to find out which of the two candidates is the machine, and which is the human only by asking them questions. If the machine can "fool" the interrogator, it is intelligent. http://cogprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000499/00/turing.html

Turing test page: 

Turing test page

What is a Chatterbot?: 

What is a Chatterbot? A program that attempts to simulate typed conversation. Aim is to temporarily fool a human into thinking they were talking to another person.

Socially Intelligent Interfaces: 

Socially Intelligent Interfaces Increase memory and learning Increase trust Promote continuity across interactions Create feelings of friendliness & liking Increase sense of personalized experience Engaging

Social Performance: 

Social Performance Interfaces need to be polite Express emotions appropriately Acknowledge the shared interaction Demonstrate enthusiasm Persuade, congratulate, & critique

Natural Language Exchanges: 

Natural Language Exchanges Written options using dialogue window Spoken -- using text-to-speech translations Conversational with language input window

A.L.I.C.E directory of bots on the web: 

A.L.I.C.E directory of bots on the web

VHost SitePal: 

VHost SitePal

SitePal fees: 

SitePal fees

SitePal development module: 

SitePal development module

SitePal tutorial: 

SitePal tutorial

VHost FAQ Demo: 

VHost FAQ Demo

IKEA Help Center: 

IKEA Help Center

LivePerson – case study: 

LivePerson – case study

Altared Lives Radio: 

Altared Lives Radio

American Accent Training: 

American Accent Training

L.A. Private Eye: 

L.A. Private Eye

Urban Innovation – U. Michigan: 

Urban Innovation – U. Michigan

Windy City TV: 

Windy City TV

Speak2Me: 

Speak2Me http://www.speak2me.net/

Tabletopia: 

Tabletopia

People putty: 

People putty

Haptek examples: 

Haptek examples

TCS translations: 

TCS translations

Haptek corporate site: 

Haptek corporate site

Haptek products: 

Haptek products

Hapteck full-body demo: 

Hapteck full-body demo

Hapteck full-body demo 2: 

Hapteck full-body demo 2

Hapteck full-body demo 3: 

Hapteck full-body demo 3

Hapteck full-body demo 4: 

Hapteck full-body demo 4

Yapanda site: 

Yapanda site

Microsoft agent site: 

Microsoft agent site

Merlin: 

Merlin

Merlin UW-Madison Libraries: 

Merlin UW-Madison Libraries

Merlin Patent FAQ: 

Merlin Patent FAQ

Merlin Wendt Library: 

Merlin Wendt Library

Virtual Human (VH) - UW-Madison Libraries: 

Virtual Human (VH) - UW-Madison Libraries

VH - Google: 

VH - Google

VH - MadCat: 

VH - MadCat

VH - MadCat title: 

VH - MadCat title

VH - Patent numbers: 

VH - Patent numbers

VH - left side: 

VH - left side

VH - right side: 

VH - right side

VH - CAD version: 

VH - CAD version

VH – CAD side view: 

VH – CAD side view

VH – CAD development: 

VH – CAD development

Reference database: 

Reference database

Live Help unavailable: 

Live Help unavailable

Cyber-Intelligence: 

Cyber-Intelligence Existence of robots lead to questions about human nature All real problems are caused by humans? Intelligence arising directly from computers? An ecology of computing machines? Martell, C.R. The disembodied librarian in the digital age. College & Research Libraries v. 61 no. 1 (January 2000) p. 10-28