April 9, 1999

Professor's Web Site Mixes Art and Artificial Intelligence

By GEORGE CHASE

"Please be patient," the text on the screen states. "This may take a minute or two." Be patient? On the Internet? From the first image you see, it's clear that the place is different. It asks not only for patience but also for interaction: One of its most engaging sections, for instance, is "io," which employs an artificial-intelligence program to enable a user to read a poem whose stanzas are arranged on the fly, according to choices the

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