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To: dgurgel who wrote (7358)	11/27/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: John Madarasz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

Dave, I think you are right... One can only hope that we are close to deploying voice agents as it seems from the opening statement here from the ASA/MA '99 symposium that more work still needs to be done... Agents in the Internet Age Dr. Jim Waldo, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Abstract I have always been a skeptic concerning agents and agent technology in general. Much like some of the grander parts of artificial intelligence, I always viewed agents as a technology that demo'ed well but never quite panned out, often because it required the simultaneous performance of too many miracles. I will begin this talk by explaining the miracles that were required, and why I was never able to take agent technology seriously. But things have changed over the past few years. Some of the miracles that were required have happened, hidden in the Java environment and the Jini connection technology. I will discuss what I think these solutions are, and why they make agent technology at least plausible. I will conclude with the miracles that I believe still need to be performed, and sketch some of the avenues that may be open to their performance. genmagic.com Now you can see why I think that information from the symposium would be so interesting; and perhaps give us some clues as to how soon these agents could/would be deployed to begin generating revenue. Best Regards, John

To: dgurgel who wrote (7358)	11/28/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: John Madarasz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

Hi Dave, I received a very nice e-mail today from Dr. Lange re: the ASA/MA '99 conference. He directed me to this site for the proceedings of the conference... ieee.org odysseus.ieee.org The committee selected about 20 papers from the 120 submitted for publication. Next year the conference will be in Zurich... inf.ethz.ch Dr. Lange was also kind enough to offer that although conferences of this kind have limited direct effects on supporting companies like General Magic in this instance, indirectly a lot is gained; in particular and "most importantly" General Magic becomes part of the "network", and they become the choice of leading researchers in the field when considering career moves. I've maintained all along that General Magic is the leading force in this industry, and judging from the elite participant's willingness to be involved in the ASA/MA '99 Symposium, an event chaired and hosted in part by General Magic, they think so too. In my very naive view of the situation, I would think that GMGC has further strengthened their core business model, and their ability to attract and retain the leading scientists and technicians who will be able to bring the very valuable asset of voice agents to market... first. For more info on the ASA/MA '99 Symposium see... usenix.org Best Regards, John Madarasz **