Hi.

My name is Dave Rolston and I’m the primary author for FakeFokes.

I attended my first conference on Artificial Intelligence in San Francisco in the late 1960s when I was still in high school.  I was bitten by the AI bug at that conference and have been passionate about it ever since.

I eventually completed a PhD with an emphasis in AI and in 1988 published Principles of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Development, one of the first best-selling books on AI.

I became the youngest fellow at Honeywell, Inc. and the first to be named in the AI domain.  In that and other roles I worked on several early research projects in natural language understanding, machine learning, robotics as well as other areas of AI.

I’ve been involved in AI programs ever since  but also developed a passion for 3D graphics, especially as it relates to creating avatars that reflect human emotions as well as other forms of “artificial people.”

The first half of my career was purely technical but along the way I discovered another passion-  a love  for creating businesses that apply technology in ways that helps people live richer and more interesting lives.

Over the last 20 years I’ve been CEO of four small tech companies and GM or three corporate divisions.  Most of my work during that time revolved around AI, 3D graphics, virtual and augmented reality, and robotics.

I’m currently CEO of Tirocorp where we’re working on a comprehensive intelligent personal assistant.

I lived in the Silicon Valley for about 30 years but these days I live near Austin, although I still spend much of my time in California.

You can check me out on Linkedin at: Dave Rolston .

I encourage interaction and involvement and respond to comments as quickly as possible.  You can email me at David.Rolston@fakefokes.com.