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Message no. 1
From: Mary Margaret Danforth <mmd@***.UMD.EDU>
Subject: AIs and magic
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 11:18:40 -0400
>>>>>[ My personal opinion on magic @ computers, and could and AI be
magical is that it's impossible. I mean, I have seen magical computers (the AI
in my friends car) that can seem to do anything, but they're not truly magical,
we just call them that... A computer is a man-made device composed of
electronics and other intersting things. Magic latches on to people (not
computers) who
have it in their genes. If you tell me that this computer has genes, then
I'm taking a month off and going to Cuba... Well, It'd be nice to see what the
rest of you out there think about this, but I say that it's impossible!
]<<<<<
--Tailhook (Look Ma/I can fly!)
Message no. 2
From: "P. Steele" <P.C.Steele@*********.AC.UK>
Subject: AI's and magic
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 16:31:11 BST
In reply to :

>>>>>[ My personal opinion on magic @ computers, and could and AI be
magical is that it's impossible. I mean, I have seen magical computers (the AI
in my friends car) that can seem to do anything, but they're not truly magical,
we just call them that... A computer is a man-made device composed of
electronics and other intersting things. Magic latches on to people (not
computers) who
have it in their genes. If you tell me that this computer has genes, then
I'm taking a month off and going to Cuba... Well, It'd be nice to see what the
rest of you out there think about this, but I say that it's impossible!
]<<<<<
--Tailhook (Look Ma/I can fly!)


>>>>>That may be so, but reasearch is even now looking into organic
processors
by the year 2050 who knows what we may have some up with.<<<<<

-The Powerhouse (16:30:47/17.10.92)

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