Artificial Intelligence: Thinking Big

Though computers have gotten faster, smaller and more versatile, it's still a big challenge to get them to demonstrate intelligent behaviors. Will machines like robots ever match — or perhaps even exceed — the capabilities of the human brain? QUEST meets a robot that in ten years time could take care of tasks around the house that most of us would rather not do.

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• Stanford Computer Science homepage
• Producer's Notes for Artificial Intelligence: Thinking Big

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