Author Description

Examines the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and AI-derived products for vocational training over the next five to ten years. Reviews developments and identifies research areas which are potentially relevant to training, i.e. expert systems, knowledge representation and processing, natural language understanding, and learning. Considers the key factors which will affect the evolution of a market for such products, and the views of leading AI practitioners about the state of their art and of its likely development in the short to medium term. Concludes that while significant advances have been made in specialised areas (e.g. expert systems), fundamental problems will continue to impede the development of general-purpose intelligent systems in the near future.