erring back to Eliza, she is a production system. A production system consists of a collection of condition and action pairs. Collectively these are known as production rules. A production system uses an interpreter to search through these production rules. Actions are performed whenever the condition is true. The conditions in these cases would compare the input with similar statements from the computer's database. When the computer had found similar cases, it would trigger the action part of the production rules. In Eliza's case, the action was a response that was relevant to the conversation. These programs have the potential of eventually recreating human intelligence (McCarthy). Eliza serves is a step towards the development of practical, useful artificial intelligence.If AI is already in use and helping society has they potential to revolutionize society. From automated cars to household robots, AI has the potential to effect our lives a great deal, maybe even a little too much for some people. An application presently in the works is an automated car. The user can choose from a menu or type in where they want to go and how fast they want the car to drive. This would allow children, elderly, blind, and drunks to be able to safely reach destinations without human fault car accidents. If all cars were automated it would be possible for speed limits to increase and have high levels of safety maintained. It could also permit a husband to be driven to work, then have the car sent home for his wife's use, and permit her to send it back for him at the end of the day or vice versa. This would also be the end of parents chauffeuring their kids around. But the main advantage of this would be greater safety. Car accidents contribute to a lot the deaths in the world and with automated cars this would eliminate car-related deaths almost entirely. An automated car has already been produced and is being tested. However at present it is...
