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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
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Subject: Re: Re: Godel, Escher, Bach
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 21:54:01 EDT
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> <comment by Ted Hopp that he could not see GEB being used as a textbook>.
> 
> At San Francisco State University, it was indeed used as a textbook this
> semester.  I am not sure which class, but I believe the topic was concepts
> of Artificial Intelligence.
> 
> 				  Muffy

you're joking...  GEB, used as an AI textbook?  Why?  To prove Hofstadter
is really just a computer program like Rachter?

-eli

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