Idea for research in artificial intelligence?

Question

I have to write a 2 page essay:

"Your essay should discuss a significant issue or problem in your field of study that is of particular interest to you. Your essay must include a description of the issue or problem, discuss an idea for research that could have significant impact on the issue or problem, describe an aspect of the research in which you would be involved, and explain the relevance of the issue or problem to you as a mathematician, scientist, or engineer."

I want to do it on artificial research. But sadly I don't know a lot about it, and I'm not entirely sure what it means by "an idea for research that could have significant impact on the issue or problem." Does this mean talk about machine learning or something, or does it mean I have to come up with something totally on my own and more specific (such as machine learning by some new method)? Does anyone have any ideas? What does "describe an aspect of the research in which you would be involved" mean?

Answer 1

If you start at this link and read thru the various links it has on this page then you will possibly stumble onto a project you would like to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI

I cant answer what is of interest to you but personally I would love to do it on the subject of AI in games. True Artificial Intelligence is not hard. For your computer enemy to go from one spot on the map to another is a straight line. But the players would quickly abuse that by setting up ambushes. The hard part is AH (artificially human). Its an interesting comment on being human that for an AI programmer to approach AH involves replacing more and more of the intelligence with randoms choices.

Another interesting subject is the Turing Test
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

Or Eliza Bots
http://home.online.no/~anlun/bots.htm
Here is an interesting twist on that subject using this forum as a "brain" for an online bot.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgNIpzjTUpmb6vcDWAfoZGzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071107191756AALJW7f&show=7#profile-info-VkptevCxaa

Answer 2

stop artificial intelligence that will just bring us pain and misery havnt u seen the matrix lol but seriously yea