riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (06/16/85)
Forgive me if this has been discussed already, but I just wanted to
contribute a pointer to an interesting article on the Strategic Defense
Initiative that appeared in the June 1985 issue of the Atlantic. Entitled
"The 'Star Wars' Defense Won't Compute" and authored by Jonathan Jacky of
UW, the article struck me as a well-written introduction to the SDI, the
problem of computer reliability and even a tad of what AI is all about,
aimed at non-CS types. Any comments?
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.flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) (06/18/85)
There was a letter to the editor on the subject of the computing requirements for "star wars" in a recent issue of *Science* or *Scientific American*, I'm not sure which. The author argues that it is impossible to meet those requirements.