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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	ISeptember 18, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Michael Bene≡el
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Foreign Commercial Service
␈↓ ↓H␈↓American Embassy Tokyo
␈↓ ↓H␈↓A.P.O. San Francisco 96503

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Bene≡el:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The most recent books on arti≡cial intelligence are

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Arti≡cial Intelligence and Natural Man␈↓, Margaret Boden.  Basic Books,   New York, l977.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Brainstorms␈↓, Daniel Dennett.  Bradford Books, Montgomery, Vt., l978.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Arti≡cial␈α⊃Intelligence,␈α⊃an␈α⊃MIT␈α⊃Perspective␈↓.␈α⊃Edited␈α⊃by␈α⊃Patrick␈α⊃Winston␈α⊃  and␈α⊃Richard␈α⊂Brown.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., l979.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Principles of Arti≡cial Intelligence␈↓, Nils J. Nilsson. Tioga Publishing   Co., Palo Alto, CA, l980.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓The␈α∂≡rst␈α∂is␈α⊂semi-popular,␈α∂the␈α∂second␈α⊂is␈α∂in␈α∂philosophy,␈α∂and␈α⊂the␈α∂last␈α∂two␈α⊂are␈α∂texts.␈α∂ I␈α⊂enclose␈α∂a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓reprint of my own.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I will transmit your request to Dr. Shortli≥e, and if I go to Tokyo I will call you.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science

␈↓ ↓H␈↓PS␈α∂ Of␈α∞course,␈α∂I␈α∞didn't␈α∂say␈α∞that␈α∂computers␈α∞can't␈α∂acquire␈α∞common␈α∂sense,␈α∞merely␈α∂that␈α∂they␈α∞don't
␈↓ ↓H␈↓have it now and it would be di≠cult.