Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!"GlasserAlan"@LLL-MFE.ARPA From: "GlasserAlan"@LLL-MFE.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Program Genesis Message-ID: <4475@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Aug-83 13:35:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.4475 Posted: Tue Aug 23 13:35:00 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Aug-83 12:54:35 EDT Lines: 7 After reading in the New York Times Sunday Magazine of August 21 about Douglas Hofstadter's latest idea on artificial intelligence arising from the interplay of lower levels, I was inspired to carry his suggestion to the logical limit. I wrote the following item partly in jest, but the idea may have some merit, at least to stimulate discussion. It was also inspired by Stanislaw Lem's story "Non Serviam".