Re: Artificial Intelligence

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Do Hung wrote:

> Mo+'i tham gia VNSA to^i co' dde^? y' tha^'y ba'c An Hai, ba'c Ngoc Duc
> va` mo^.t ba'c nu+~a co' nghie^n cu+'u ve^` Artificial Intelligence.
> To^i tha^'y tha('c ma('c lie^.u AI co' la` hu+o+'ng nghie^n cu+u' mo+?
> cu?a ma'y ti'nh hay kho^ng. 

Cha`o ba'c Hu`ng va` ca'c ba'c kha'c,

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O+? ca'c n'c phu+o+ng Ta^y nhu+~ng co^ to'c va`ng thu+o+`ng kho^ng 
ddu+o+.c xem la` tho^ng minh cho la('m. Vi` the^' ddi.nh nghi~a no^?i 
tie^'ng nha^'t va` ddu+o+.c nhie^`u ngu+o+`i bie^'t 
nha^'t cu?a "tri' tue^. nha^n ta.o" la`: "tri' tue^. nha^n ta.o" xua^'t 
hie^.n khi mo^.t co^ to'c va`ng nhuo^.m to'c mi`nh tha`nh to'c dden.
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Co' nhie^`u ddi.nh nghi~a ve^` AI kha'c nhau (nhu+ ca'c ba'c tha^'y o+? 
tre^n).  Nhu+ng ddi.nh nghi~a ddu+o+.c nhie^`u ngu+o+`i la`m AI hie^.n nay
ddo^`ng ti`nh nha^'t (va` xem dda^'y la` mu.c tie^u cu?a ho.) la` " nga`nh
nghie^n cu+'u mo+?  ro^.ng pha.m vi ca'c loa.i va^'n dde^` cu. the^? va`
thie^'t thu+.c ma` ma'y ti'nh co' the^?  gia?i ddu+o+.c" (nguye^n va(n
tie^'ng Anh: AI is concerned with expanding the scope of practical problem
classes that computer can handle.). 

Vi' du., ca'ch dda^y 30-40 na(m thi` ma'y ti'nh kho^ng bie^'t cho+i co+`, 
vi` the^' mo^.t trong nhu+~ng va^'n dde^` ma` AI quan ta^m la` la`m the^' 
na`o dde^? ma'y ti'nh cho+i co+` o+? mo^.t mu+'c ddo^. cha^'p 
nha^.n ddu+o+.c. Nay mu.c tie^u na`y xem nhu+ dda~ dda.t ddu+o+.c, thi` 
program cho ma'y ti'nh cho+i co+` kho^ng co`n la` mo^.t mu.c tie^u cu?a 
AI nu+~a.

Hie^.n nay co' nhu+~ng ba`i toa'n he^'t su+'c thie^'t thu+.c, cha(?ng ha.n
tu+` lu'c co' Internet thi` co' va^'n dde^` la`m the^' na`o qua trao
ddo^?i vo+'i ngu+o+`i du`ng ti`m ddu+o+.c ve' ma'y bay ho+.p y' ngu+o+`i
du`ng nha^'t qua ca'c ha~ng ba'n ve' ma'y bay tre^n Internet, thi` ma'y ti'nh
va^~n chu+a la`m ddu+o+.c, va` vi` va^.y ddang thuo^.c su+. quan ta^m cu?a
nhie^`u ngu+o+`i la`m AI (cu. the^? la` be^n decision-theoretic planning
and softbot research).

Va`i vi' du. tre^n cho tha^'y ba?n tha^n nhu+~ng va^'n dde^` ma` AI quan 
ta^m luo^n thay ddo^?i theo tho+`i gian. Vi` va^.y AI luo^n la` mo^.t 
hu+o+'ng nghie^n cu+'u mo+? trong Computer Science.

> Hie^.n nay AI dda~ pha't trie^?n to+'i dda^u
> cu~ng nhu+ co`n co' gi` vu+o+'ng ma('c. 

Ca^u ho?i na`y cu?a ba'c ra^'t kho' tra? lo+`i vi` no' chung chung qua'.  AI
hie^.n ddu+o+.c chia la`m ra^'t nhie^`u nga`nh con (subfields, nhu+ planning,
machine learning, natural language processing, etc). Ca'c nga`nh con pha't
trie^?n ha^`u he^'t kho^ng co' lie^n quan gi` la('m to+'i nhau. Co' nga`nh
dda~ dda.t nhie^`u ke^'t qua? va` ddu+o+.c u+'ng du.ng nhie^`u trong thu+.c
te^', nhie^`u nga`nh va^~n ddang la`m va`ng ma('t ma` chu+a tha^'y co' ke^'t
qu?a gi`. Mo^.t ddie^`u ca^`n lu+u y' ra(`ng do ddi.nh nghi~a AI no'i tre^n
ma` nhie^`u sa?n pha^?m AI la`m ra mo^.t tho+`i gian kho^ng ddu+o+.c xem la`
AI nu+~a. Nhu+ng ne^'u ti'nh cho co^ng ba(`ng thi` pha?i no'i ra(`ng co'
ra^'t nhie^`u ky~ thua^.t AI ddu+o+.c du`ng trong thu+.c te^' trong nhie^`u
li~nh vu+.c kha'c nhau. 

>Ngoa`i AI co`n co' hu+o+'ng
> nghie^n cu+'u na`o kha'c cu~ng ddang ddu+o+.c nhie^`u ngu+o+`i nghie^n
> cu+'u.

Ne^'u ba'c ho?i ve^` ma'y ti'nh thi` o+? My~ na`y nga`nh gi` to^i tha^'y 
cu~ng co' nhie^`u ngu+o+`i nghie^n cu+'u ca?. N~ nga`nh no'ng nha^'t 
hie^.n nay (n` ngu+o+`i ho.c, ra de^~ xin vie^.c, de^~ kie^'m tie^`n) co' 
le~ la` networking, Internet technologies, computer security, operating
systems, va` computer graphics.

Hy vo.ng tho^ng tin na`y co' i'ch cho ba'c. Co' gi` to^i giu'p ddu+o+.c 
nu+`a thi` ba'c cho to^i bie^'t.

Tha^n, Ha?i.