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>From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
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Subject: Re: How do computers fare on scholastic achievement tests?
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Date: 20 Jul 92 22:43:40 GMT
References: <NICKH.92Jul14141610@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU> <1992Jul16.093057.8880@techbook.com> <NICKH.92Jul17110340@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU>
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In article <NICKH.92Jul17110340@VOILA.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU> nickh@CS.CMU.EDU (Nick Haines) writes:

| If a machine gets a score of 200 on a MENSA test but still can't
| carry on a conversation with me about (hmmm) the usefulness of the
| Turing test, I don't think it should be considered as of high
| intelligence.

That's what I've always said about those Mensa guys :-)
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Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
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