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Arthur T. Murray

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May 1, 2003, 3:31:47 PM5/1/03
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sv0f <no...@vanderbilt.edu> wrote on Thu, 01 May 2003:
> [...] I've lost track of why you guys are upset.
>
> That some AI pioneers made predictions that turned out
> to be optimistic?
>
> That the early AI technologies developed by these pioneers
> were obviously unsuitable, and should have been recognized
> as such back in the day?
>
> That the early AI technologies developed by these pioneer turned
> out to be unsuitable, but current technologies are much better?

http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/jsaimind.html is a JavaScript AI.
>
> That AI was and will always be pseudoscience?
>
> Something else?!

http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/ai4udex.html is a hyperlink index
(in two directions: AI/CS/Philosophy background and AI4U pages)
to the textbook "AI4U: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual" (q.v.).

Eugene Miya

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May 8, 2003, 3:06:32 PM5/8/03
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In article <3eb1...@news.victoria.tc.ca>,
Arthur T. Murray <uj...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:

Learn to edit down headers Arthur.

>sv0f <no...@vanderbilt.edu> wrote on Thu, 01 May 2003:
>> [...] I've lost track of why you guys are upset.
>> That some AI pioneers made predictions that turned out
>> to be optimistic?
>> That the early AI technologies developed by these pioneers
>> were obviously unsuitable, and should have been recognized
>> as such back in the day?
>> That the early AI technologies developed by these pioneer turned
>> out to be unsuitable, but current technologies are much better?

>> That AI was and will always be pseudoscience?
>> Something else?!

>http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/ai4udex.html is a hyperlink index

A quote from Ted said it best:

But like so many beginning computerists,
I mistook a clear view for a short distance.
--Ted Nelson

Charles Richmond

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May 9, 2003, 2:48:30 PM5/9/03
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"Arthur T. Murray" wrote:
>
> Eugene Miya, mercurial messenger of the netgods, wrote matter-of-faqly:

>
> > In article <3eb1...@news.victoria.tc.ca>,
> > Arthur T. Murray <uj...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
>
> > Learn to edit down headers Arthur.
>
> To which Mentifex responded:
>
> Take this Net and shove it, 'cause I don't want to post here no more!
>
>
Hey, that's great!!! Many of us here don't want you to
"post no more" either...


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Jack Peacock

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May 9, 2003, 4:54:18 PM5/9/03
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"Charles Richmond" <rich...@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > To which Mentifex responded:
> >
> > Take this Net and shove it, 'cause I don't want to post here no more!
>
If it's in writing is that a contract?
Jack Peacock


Arthur T. Murray

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May 9, 2003, 6:04:14 PM5/9/03
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Charles Richmond entered my reality distortion field on 09 May 2003:

>"Arthur T. Murray" wrote:
>>
>> Eugene Miya, mercurial messenger of the netgods, wrote matter-of-faqly:
>> [...]
> Hey, that's great!!! [...]

Thank you!

Mentifex
--
http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/theory5.html -- AI4U Theory of Mind;
http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/jsaimind.html -- Tutorial "Mind-1.1"
http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/mind4th.html -- Mind.Forth Robot AI;
http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/ai4udex.html -- Index for book: AI4U

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