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From: irani@milli.cs.umn.edu (Erach Irani)
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Subject: Re: 'AI is a blind alley'
Keywords: Debate Motion
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Date: 1 Dec 90 21:48:17 GMT
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Parallel lines meet at infinity.

A.I. is like that, we have a long , long way to go before we can even
answer whether we can re-invent the human brain's capabilities or even a
simpler animal's intelligence -- but on the way we have "grandmaster
level chess programs" -- and still can't answer the question about
reproducing intelligence.

So looks like what we're saying is a blind alley, is the  way parallel
lines meet at infinity -- the answer is too far away, but we'll get
there.


	- erach 

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