ayl%hutds.hut.fi@FINGATE.BITNET (Antti Ylikoski) (06/14/88)
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 88 19:34 EDT From: Antti Ylikoski <ayl%hutds.hut.fi%FINGATE.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> To: AIList@AI.AI.MIT.EDU Subject: knowledge, power and AI cc: ayl@hutds.hut.fi In AIList V7 #6, Professor John McCarthy <JMC@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> writes: >There are three ways of improving the world. >(1) to kill somebody >(2) to forbid something >(3) to invent something new. To them, I would add (4) to teach someone. It is not enough to *know*. You also must be able to *do*. I recommend that Professor McCarthy read Carlos Castaneda's book Tales of Power. But be warned - it requires more than intelligence and knowledge. Andy Ylikoski