Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!fernwood!apple!mips!decwrl!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!elaine24.stanford.edu!finnegan From: finnegan@elaine24.stanford.edu (Tso-Sheng Tsai) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Book re-request Message-ID: <1990Dec17.235019.6081@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 17 Dec 90 23:50:19 GMT References: <1990Dec10.091345.7206@ctk1.UUCP> Sender: news@portia.Stanford.EDU Reply-To: finnegan@elaine24.stanford.edu (Tso-Sheng Tsai) Distribution: su Organization: AIR, Stanford University Lines: 85 In article <1990Dec10.091345.7206@ctk1.UUCP>, chris@ctk1.UUCP (Chris Old) writes: |> About a 2 weeks ago, I posted a request for a book that I had read. |> |> In article <1990Nov28.131016.21665@ctk1.UUCP> I wrote: |> >I'm trying to find the title and authors of an AI book that I |> >read some time ago. |> > |> >The book was co-authored by two people. One of them had a |> >name like 'Donald Mitchie' or something like that. The name |> >of the book could have been 'Machine Intelligence'. |> > |> >It was a paperback, and had a dark cover with some |> >unrecognisable picture on the front. It contained some |> >examples of machine generated poetry, and had some glossy |> >pages in the middle with examples of computer art. |> > |> >It had an example of a monkey who had a physics book and a |> >pair of cutters and he had to try and cut some bananas down. |> >The book also spoke of some situations where it would be |> >neccesary to lie to robots, because that would make them more |> >efficient in their work. |> > |> >If you know of this book, could you please drop me a line. |> |> Now, nobody managed (if they tried) to get mail through to me, and I |> didn't see any follow-ups, except this one, |> |> >From: plummer@cs.swarthmore.edu (David Barker-Plummer) |> >Subject: Re: Book reference wanted |> >References: <1990Nov28.131016.21665@ctk1.UUCP> |> > <1990Nov30.014555.20466@cs.umn.edu> |> > |> > |> >Why stop at these. I think that there are 13--16 MI volumes, all edited |> >or co-edited by Michie. -- Dave |> |> which says to me that someone did follow-up, but that it didn't get |> through to me. Could some kind soul please email me the two articles: |> |> <1990Nov30.014555.20466@cs.umn.edu> |> |> |> Alternatively, please email me the answer to my original question. |> Please send email to: |> |> uunet!ddsw1!olsa99!ctk1!chris, or |> olsa99!ctk1!chris@ddsw1.mcs.com |> |> Thanks again, |> -------------------- |> Chris Old (C.t.K.) | ...uunet!ddsw1!olsa99!ctk1!chris |> | olsa99!ctk1!chris@ddsw1.mcs.com |> If you have no reason for your opinion, change it. So I think maybe I should put it to the comp.ai. Sorry, if it bothered anybody else. TST CSD, Stanford Univ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AUTHOR: Michie, Donald. TITLE: The knowledge machine : artificial intelligence and the future of man / Donald Michie and Rory Johnston. IMPRINT: 1st ed. New York : W. Morrow, c1985. 300 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. LOCATION: Law AL AMP LUk OTHER: Johnston, Rory. TOPICS: Artificial intelligence. Computers--Social aspects. Technology--Social aspects. NOTES: Bibliography: p. [270]-282. Includes index. Language: English Year: 1985 Item CSUL85-B3060 (Books) Internet: finnegan@portia.stanford.edu Tso-Sheng Tsai Bitnet: finnegan%portia@stanford.bitnet