Scientific American

[Jerry Feldman]

 I have been asked by Scientific American magazine to write an article on
connectionism and artifical intelligence. My current approach to the
project can be seen from the working subtitle: 

 "Often viewed as competing, these two approaches to understanding
  intelligent behavior can be combined to yield scientific and practical
  advances".

 I am looking for suggestions, particularly on success stories involving
connectionist systems. For this purpose we need devices that are actually
in daily use, scientific results that have had a major impact, etc. Things
that are merely promising or have just provoked controversy aren't nearly as
effective. Of course, I welcome any other suggestions.

 Please use e-mail unless you really want to address the whole group.

Jerry F.   jfeldman at icsi.berkeley.edu