Al Game-Playing Techniques: Are They Useful for Anything Other Than Games? A Synopsis of the Panel Discussion at IAAI-98

In conjunction with the American Association for Artificial Intelligenceʹs Hall of Champions exhibit, the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence held a panel discussion entitled "Al Game-Playing Techniques: Are They Useful for Anything Other Than Games?" This article summarizes the panelistsʹ comments about whether ideas and techniques from Al game playing are useful elsewhere and what kinds of game might be suitable as "challenge problems" for future research.