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>From: stgprao@xing.unocal.com (Richard Ottolini)
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Subject: scifi trivia: 1967 prediction of AI in 1992
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Stanley Kubrick dated the birth of the HAL computer in "2001: A space odessey"
for Jan 12, 1992.
Twenty-five years ago it seemed possible there could be a conversational
machine by now.
There is a commentary on this event in the New York Times, 1/12/92, Week In Review.

I am personally optimistic and expect to see a reasonable fascimile of HAL
during my lifetime (I am half-way thru).


