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Article: It's alive! New software you play Dr. Frankenstein.(On The Shelf)(Book Review)
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- Black Enterprise
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- November 1, 2004
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Peter Plantec has come one step closer to mastering artificial intelligence. His book, Virtual Humans: Creating the Illusion Personality (AMA-COM; $34.95), is the leader in commercially marketed virtual human design. Ideal for graphic designers, scientific researchers, students, or tech geeks, this guide is accompanied by a CD-ROM that allows you to build your own virtual character, or V-person, from scratch. The author lets you make a reality out of what we called science fiction decades ago. The key to creating a V-person, Plantec says, is not to build artificial intelligence, but to fake real intelligence. His thorough handbook and user-friendly software make it ...