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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: What's the biggest problem in letting a computer "speak"?
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sypkens.smit@tip.nl (Matthijs Sypkens Smit) writes:
>A while ago I read an article about a reward for the first 
>computer/program that can talk with a human about any subject.
>So far nobody has won the reward.
>What I'd like to know:
>Have more people heard about this reward?
>and
>What's is the biggest problem to overcome in programming a computer
>that can "speak"?

     Speaking is easy.  It's listening that's hard.

						John Nagle
