Yonke, M.D.: A LISP machineshould only be thought of as an expensiveterminal, Proc. of the lhh Annual MicroprogrammingWorkshop,Nov. 1978. [5.1. 5.3.1] such as Mars, and then "rove" over the surface must have rudimentary "intelligence."5 These sample gathering and analyzing devices will be many millions of kilometers from earth. Radio transmissions will take a number of minutes to reach their destination (even from Mars). If the rover suddenly need to "know" what to do, such as "do I go down that 60 ° grade?," the device will not have time to communicate with earth. It will have to decide on the spot. Thus, the probe will need to be able to "intelligently" select from certain programmed "behaviors" and groups of "behaviors" (perhaps programs like CIA 2'3 will be used). As space probes become even more complex and go to still remoter planets, this will be an area to apply AI software. These are a few ideas. No doubt, the reader will think of others, and their ideas and comments are most welcome. Please send them as well as any other inquiries to the above address. PRACTICAL USES FOR AI RESEARCH ALAN E. FILSINGER 804 E. Monroe Circle Pittsburgh, Pa.,
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