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Why I Hate Computers And what we might do about it

The Thesis

Finding the Right Unifying Theme for Architectures, Languages And Operating Environments

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Evolution of the CS Research Focus

The Bad News

Where we are today: WhatÕs Wrong

To be fair:

4 Questions any system should be able to answer:

If Not Bits, Then Objects

The MIT Lisp Machine: An Object Oriented System

The Language Model

System View

Introspective Organization

Visibility and Controllability

Example OO User Interface

Full Rule-Base Examiner

Security and the Lisp

Consequences

WARTS

Possible Projects

What the Object Model Lacks

The Plan Level: Moving Beyond Objects

WhatÕs a Plan

The Execution Model: Decision Theoretic Dispatch

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Robustness and Recovery From Failures

Making the System Responsible for Achieving Its Goals

Dealing with Privacy and Security

HCI

Visibility and Introspection

Adaptation, Robustness, Evolution

Resource Management

How would we Get Plan Level Information

Possible Projects for Understanding This Paradigm

Summary

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