Engineering artificial intelligence software

摘要

Artificial Intelligence (AI) software is a reality, but only for limited classes of problems. In general, AI problems are significantly different from those of conventional software engineering. The differences suggest a different program development methodology for AI problems: one that does not readily yield programs with the desiderata of practical software (reliability, robustness, etc.). In addition, the problem of machine learning must be solved (to some degree) before the full potential of AI can be realized, but the resultant self-adaptive software is likely to further aggravate the software crisis. Realization of the full potential of AI in practical software awaits some prerequisite breakthroughs in both basic AI problems and an appropriate AI software development methodology.