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High Technology Science Center
210 F Mayfield Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040
969-8778

Barbara Glynn, 321-1081
Jane Mitchell
Eustis Mendis
"to discuss how the field of artificial intelligence can appropriately
be included in the Science Center".

	I had a somewhat negative reaction to many of the exhibits
in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.  There was too much
communication, via fancy booths and placards, and not enough science.
There was also too much anti-technology and even anti-science mixed
in.  If this is to be avoided, the science and technology communities
must be more heavily involved, e.g. via a scientific advisory board.

1. Who is the leading scientist or technologist associated with the
project?

Barney Oliver, Brad Efron, Don Knuth, Persi Diaconis, Bill Gosper,
Doug Lenat, Mike Genesereth, Brian Harvey, Dick Gabriel, Fernando
Pereira, Brian Smith, Brian Reid, Carolyn Talcott, Vladimir Lifschitz,
Karl Cohen, Lowell Wood, Jeff Rubin, Don Woods, Pat Suppes

2. How about an AI and computer science junior research assoiates
group?  Applications would be taken and 5 to 10 would be added to
the group each year.  Frankly elitist.  Alternatively it could
be called the puzzler's club.  One possible focus is the use of
computers to solve combinatorial puzzles.

3. It should be a force to encourage talented youngsters to study
science and technology.

4. The communicators shouldn't emphasize a detached "Is technology
a force for good or evil?".

5. Computer and AI exhibits.
Chess that shows tree, Lisp and Prolog, automated dictionary,
fragmentary translation.

6. The architecture should include a junior associates room or
several.

7. Ideally the computer facilities should include a 2060.  Perhaps
time-shared use of Stanford computers is a possibility.  Most likely,
however, it will get stuck with a gang of Macintosh.

8. Remark.  There's lots of low level free computer education around
already.

9. Hire smart kids to work on exhibits.