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From: pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Are you all wasting your time?
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 17:56:02 GMT
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In article <ydnn3dz8wly.fsf@tahoe>, rodrigo vanegas <rv@cs.brown.edu> wrote:
............
>Forget "intelligence".  The question is: will computers ever have
>beliefs, desires, and intentions?  Will they ever have beliefs,
>desires, and intentions *about* other beliefs, desires, and
>intentions?
>
>That should kickstart any discussion...
>
It is a non-starter until you propose how to recognize whether a computer
has or has not "beliefs, desires, and intentions *about* other beliefs, 
desires, and intentions". Good luck.
>
>Rodrigo Vanegas

Andrzej
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Andrzej Pindor                        The foolish reject what they see and 
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pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca                           Huang Po
