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>From: shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks)
Subject: Re: Turing test and language
Message-ID: <1992May14.150917.15687@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
Keywords: turing test language acquisition new yorker
Organization: Honeywell Air Transport Systems Division
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Date: Thu, 14 May 92 15:09:17 GMT
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In article <1992May14.142304.15671@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:

>It's possible that rocks are intelligent, but they
>just don't feel like doing much, and therefore are unable to pass the test.

Oh God, please no more about the thinking rocks, please!!

This reminds me of a comment by a columnist: "If Dan Quayle is intelligent,
why does he look like that?"

Mark



