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This book is aimed at the computer-literate person who wishes to find out about the reality of exploiting

the promise of artificial intelligence in practical, maintainable software systems. It cuts through the

hype, so commonly associated with discussions of artificial intelligence, and presents the realities, both

the promise and the problems, the current state of the art, and future directions.

It is not another expert systems book. Expert systems are viewed as just one manifestation of AI in

practical software; the issues raised in this book are much broader. Expert systems are discussed, but as

a source of lessons about the dangers as well as the beneficial possibilities for adding AI to practical

software systems.

In the opening three chapters, we take a long hard look at the conventional wisdom concerning software

engineering—what the goals are, the rationale behind them, and the realities of the situation. This is

done in part because efforts to engineer Al-software appear to undermine the accepted foundations of

conventional software engineering so we need to determine how solid the foundations really are; it is

also done because in attempting to engineer Al-software we subject the standard procedures of software

design and development to close scrutiny—our attempts to build robust and reliable AI-software

provides a magnifying glass on the conventional procedures.

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