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From: minsky@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Marvin Minsky)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: 'AI is a blind alley'
Keywords: Debate Motion
Message-ID: <4207@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 1 Dec 90 01:10:49 GMT
References: <5461@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Reply-To: minsky@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <5461@ecs.soton.ac.uk> sjr87@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Simon Roberts) writes:
>I've been roped in to propose the above motion in a debate to be held
>soon. Althought I realise many people reading this newsgroup will have
>the opposite view to that expressed above, I would like to hear from
>anyone with comments on it, regardless of being for or against it.

Ah, merrie old England.  Last such debate was won by Prof. Lighthill
in the 1970s.  Caused AI research to die on y'r little island, and
subsequent brain drain.  But there were signs of recovery in the 80's.
Your debate comes just in time!  Congratulations.


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