From:	"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	AIs
Date:	Tue, 14 Dec 1993 18:49:21 -0600

Uh, they don't seem like AIs to me.

AI's have to be more than capable. thye have to be able to learn,
reason, deduce. They have to have some kint of ethical guide (good
ethics or bad ethics). They also have to have a sense of self-awareness
and their overall place within their life. (ie, I think, therefore I am)

That's what I term it means to to be an AI. Or at least to be intelligent.

Now, RUFUS and MONICA were obviously AIs. Talky is kinda borderline,
although he seems more like a trained monkey who can talk. He's never
shown any recognition of life outside of bread products.

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