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Subject: Re: Practical effects of AI (speech
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Nf-From: osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!goldfain    Nov 18 04:25:00 1987


I would like to echo the sentiment in Eric Green's comment.

Let  us NOT try to define  AI in terms  of techniques.  It  is defined  by its
domain of inquiry, and that clearly includes speech recognition.  I do not for
a  moment believe   that   continuous speaker-independent speech  recognition,
if/when it is achieved,  will be considered primarily  a  work of physics.  No
matter how it is achieved, that is just not a viable statement.

                                                            - Mark Goldfain