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>From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Newsgroups: sci.logic,comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: 2 laws of Classical Logic
Message-ID: <1992Feb12.232100.893@news.media.mit.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 92 23:21:00 GMT
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In article <1992Feb11.192239.24751@psych.toronto.edu> christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) writes:
>In article <1992Feb11.013731.28456@psych.toronto.edu> christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) writes:
>>In article <1992Feb10.190407.17278@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> dlyndes@deltahp.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>>>+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
>>>| David K. Lyndes                     | "In 50 years, if we're nice to them  |
>>>| Barrios Technology                  |  computers will keep us around as    |
>>>| email: dlyndes@deltahp.jsc.nasa.gov |  pets." --anon.                     
>>>+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------+
>>
>>                                           This isn't anonymous. It was said
>>                                           by either Alan Newell or Marvin
>>                                           Minsky. Moreoever, I believe it
>>                                           said 25 years ago. Better get 
>>                                           working!
>
>
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>Ah ha! It was Minsky. It's cited in John Searle's _Minds, Brains, and Science_
>(the book based on the best-selling article, Minds, Brains, and Programs)
>on p. 30. Searle doesn't give a reference however. I'm cross-posting this
>to comp.ai.philosophy, which Dr. Minsky reads. Perhaps he'll give us his
>current views on the matter.

I think it was from a very inaccurate article in Life Magazine a long
time ago -- shortly before it went broke.  I'm sure Newell didn't make
this joke, and I'm sure that it was me XOR Fredkin.  But I don't know
which.  Either does he. 


