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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	pJanuary 21, 1981 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. John R. Davis, Superintendent
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Communications Sciences Division
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7500
␈↓ ↓H␈↓4555 Overlook Avenue, S.W.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Washington, D.C. 20375

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Davis:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        After␈αconsiderable␈αthought␈α
I␈αhave␈αdecided␈α
not␈αto␈αapply␈α
for␈αthe␈αjob␈α
of␈αChief␈αScientist␈αof␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Naval Research Laboratory Applied Arti≡cial Intelligence Center for several reasons.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        First␈αmy␈αmain␈αquali≡cations␈αare␈αin␈αbasic␈αresearch,␈αand␈αI␈αthink␈αthat␈αis␈αthe␈αpart␈αof␈αAI␈αthat␈αis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓short of people at present.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Second I don't think I am quali≡ed for the job of building up the personnel of the Center.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Nevertheless␈α
I␈α
believe␈α
that␈αarti≡cial␈α
intelligence␈α
has␈α
applications␈αto␈α
naval␈α
problems,␈α
and␈αif
␈↓ ↓H␈↓you or the person who takes the job thinks I can help in some way, I will be glad to do so.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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