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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
&June 2, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Miss Kathryn Davies
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ Carmel, Manor Way, Knott Park
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Surrey KT22 OHJ
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Oxshott 3018
␈↓ ↓H␈↓United Kingdom

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Miss Davies:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Since␈α∞I␈α∂don't␈α∞know␈α∂your␈α∞capabilities␈α∞and␈α∂education,␈α∞I␈α∂can't␈α∞suggest␈α∞a␈α∂topic.␈α∞ If␈α∂you␈α∞mean
␈↓ ↓H␈↓social␈α
implications␈α
of␈α
arti≡cial␈α
intelligence,␈α
you␈α
might␈α
explore␈α
what␈α
would␈α
be␈α
the␈α
consequences␈α
of␈α
a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓politician␈α∂in␈α∂Britain␈α∂or␈α∂the␈α∂U.S.␈α∂deciding␈α∂that␈α∞he␈α∂needed␈α∂a␈α∂"position"␈α∂on␈α∂the␈α∂issue␈α∂of␈α∞arti≡cial
␈↓ ↓H␈↓intelligence, but didn't have much time to devote to the matter.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        What might happen suggests advantages to letting that dog sleep for a while.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        You should read Margaret Boden's ␈↓↓Arti≡cial Intelligence and Natural Man␈↓.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α∂leading␈α∞universities␈α∂in␈α∞AI␈α∂in␈α∞the␈α∂U.S.␈α∞are␈α∂Stanford␈α∞(Computer␈α∂Science␈α∞Department),
␈↓ ↓H␈↓M.I.T.␈α∩(Arti≡cial␈α∩Intelligence␈α∩Laboratory),␈α∪Carnegie-Mellon␈α∩(Computer␈α∩Science)␈α∩and␈α∪Texas␈α∩in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Austin␈α(Computer␈αScience)␈αand␈αYale␈α(Computer␈αScience).␈α Each␈αof␈αthese␈αwill␈αsend␈αyou␈α
application
␈↓ ↓H␈↓information if you write them.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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