Historical Notes

Spring semester 1999, in RPI‘s Graduate Research Seminar class, the topic I researched and presented on was “Applications of Multi-Agent System (MAS) in Transportation System”. My professor’s feedback? “The ideas are creative and enticing, but borderline daydreaming“. The grade I received? B. My dream of multi-agent intelligent system? Shattered.

Fast forward twenty-seven years to 2026, when every conversation on AI can not be carried out without the mandatory mentioning of “Agent”, what has changed?