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van...@vsta.org wrote:
> BruceMcF <agil...@netscape.net> wrote

>> Start with an Eliza-like program in Forth. Tinker with it for
>> ten to twenty years. Add strong confirmation bias. Voila, AI.

> The really amazing scientific result is that you can do this, posting
> periodically about your program for all ten or twenty years, and
> you'll *still* get responses every single time you post.  I make no
> claims about the scientific ramifications of this "AI" work, but the
> sociological implications of always getting a response are profound.

Not really. You get a similar effect with stuff as mundane as C or even Cobol.