jaakov@wisdom.BITNET (Jacob Levy) (10/05/87)
Please!
It seems we are getting ready for another deluge, this time under the title
of "Re: Goal of AI: where are we going?". While the subject line certainly
does justify its inclusion in AI-digest, it may easily get out of hand and
deteriorate into personal arguments. There are already first signs of super
heated discussions and personal attacks in V5 #226.
The question I am asking myself when reading these postings is "how much of
this material is AI-related, and how much is purely philosophical/psycholo-
gical or whatever?" I suggest that authors participating in this discussion
would benefit from application of the same criterion - how much is this an
ARTIFICIAL intelligence-related posting? The word ARTIFICIAL is crucial and
determines, for me at least, whether I want to read on.
Another Please!
Remember that this is my personal opinion, I am "a small egg" only, so no
flames or personal attacks. Educate, not eradicate, OK?
P.S. Is the discussion entitled "Nature of Computer Science" really appro-
priate for AIlist?
Rusty Red (AKA Jacob Levy)
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