@article{lampson2003getting,
author = {Lampson, Butler},
title = {Getting Computers to Understand},
year = {2003},
month = {January},
abstract = {There have been three broad waves of applications for computers: simulation, communication, and embodiment (by I mean non-trivial interactions with the physical world). Currently the communication wave is in full flood, and the first signs of embodiment are starting to appear. I have chosen two problems whose solution will make a big difference both to computer science and to the larger world of which computing is now such an important part. One is an example of embodiment: cars that don’t kill people. The other is a technology which applies across the board: writing programs automatically from specifi­cations.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/getting-computers-understand/},
pages = {70-72},
journal = {Journal of the ACM},
volume = {50},
number = {1},
}