[net.ai] cross-time identity.

colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (06/06/84)

[Here she comes again!  Or does she?]

This problem also arises in databases.  How do you find out whether the
Joe Szmoe in your tax database is the same as the Joe Szmoe in your
welfare database?  SSNs don't count - he may have several.

The problem is even worse when you pass from Artificial Intelligence
to Military Intelligence.  You may know nothing for certain about
enemy spies, and can only suspect that two spies are identical.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel