smb@ulysses.UUCP (08/21/83)
Douglas Hofstadter is the subject of today's N.Y. Times Magazine cover story. The article is worth reading, though not, of course, particularly deep technically. Among the points made: that Hofstadter is not held in high regard by many AI workers, because they regard him as a popularizer without any results to back up his theories.
leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP (08/26/83)
#R:ulysses:-56000:uiuccsb:9700002:000:229 uiuccsb!leimkuhl Aug 25 13:01:00 1983 I know of no computer scientist responsible for bringing as many bright people into the field as Hofstedter. It is unfortunate for Hofstedter (but more so for us) that he has not been recognized by his peers for this service.