Entertainment and AI / A-Life: Papers from the 1996 AAAI Workshop

Contents

• Some Explorations in Reinforcement Learning Techniques Applied to the Problem of Learning to Play Pinball

  Nathaniel Scott Winstead

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• The Believability of Road Runner Cartoons: Logical Consistency Conquers Unreality

  Robert McCartney

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• Cyberspace Game Show Hosts: Agents for Socialization, Not Just Entertainment

  Kenrick Mock, Michelle Hoyle

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• Staying Alive: A Virtual Reality Visualization Tool for Cancer Patients

  David A. Becker, Alexy Pentland

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• Computer-Aided Exploration of Virtual Environments

  Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-Roth

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• Computer Theater: Stage for Action Understanding

  Cluadio S. Pinhanez, Aaron F. Bobick

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• Design, Harmony, and Voice Leading

  Garry S. Sittler

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• Personality in Computer Characters

  Daniel Roussear

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• Animated Pedagogical Agents for Intelligent Edutainment

  James C. Lester, Michael A. O'Leary, and Brian A. Stone

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• An Intelligent Believable Agent Environment

  Guy Taylor, Lin Padgham

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• Autonomous Robots as Performing Agents

  Karl R. Wurst, Robert McCartney

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• Linguistic Style Improvisation for Lifelike Computer Characters

  Marilyn A. Walker, Janet E. Cahn, and Stephen J. Whittaker

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• Socially Situated AI: What It Means and Why It Matters

  Phoebe Sengers

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