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From: sbigham@dukeac.UUCP (Scott Bigham)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence
Message-ID: <1167@dukeac.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 88 18:25:32 GMT
References: <484@soleil.UUCP> <1654@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <1908@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <IXYmnvy00XoGA0UVFk@andrew.cmu.edu> <4040a289.9d8d@hi-csc.UUCP> <Dec.15.11.41.17.1988.12131@klaatu.rutgers.edu>
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In article <Dec.15.11.41.17.1988.12131@klaatu.rutgers.edu> josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall) writes:
>                                              It turns out that
>there are plenty are reasons to believe that (a) intelligence
>is possible in computers of sufficient memory and processing 
>power; (b) it will be possible for us to create such intelligent
>programs after a sufficient investment in software capital; and
>(c) the knowledge gained in attempting this will be interesting
>and useful.  

What are they?  I'd love to know, because I'm inclined not to believe any of
the above (except for (c), which I firmly support).  Inquiring minds wanna
know (computers rarely if ever inquire...)

						sbigham
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