# The Computer Programme: 8 -- Artificial Intelligence

Produced by the BBC. Narrated by Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis

Do computers think? Roger Schank of Yale University relates recent developments in creating artificial intelligence and suggests what the future might hold. Shows a computer that has "learned" to play tic-tac-toe until it is unbeatable and another that can "understand" stories in English -- up to a point. Illustrates how a computer can diagnose a problem and seek a solution

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1982
- By: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Films Incorporated
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/thecomputerprogramme8artificialintelligence)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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