Keviews

This issue of the AI Magazine initiates a new and (we hope) regular feature, Reviews of Books. Before presenting our first book review, a few comments about the aims of this feature are in order. Visions of applications of computer technology can serve as a stimulus for discussions of new ideas and directions in this field. Consequently, in addition to reviewing the standard literature produced by those in the AI community, we also seek to encourage reviews and discussions by people outside the field of AI to characterize where we seem to be going and what we are likely to achieve in the future. Reviews of this type can focus on such things as the technical accuracy of these popular treatments, and/or moral conclusions, either explicit or implied.