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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	ISeptember 29, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Freeman J. Dyson
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institute for Advanced Study
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Princeton University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Princeton, New Jersey 08540

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Dyson:

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓participating␈α∂in␈α∞a␈α∂seminar␈α∂at␈α∞MIT␈α∂the␈α∂week␈α∞of␈α∂March␈α∂10,␈α∞1976␈α∂for␈α∂which␈α∞MIT␈α∂could␈α∂pay␈α∞an
␈↓ ↓H␈↓additional $500 plus travel and living expenses.

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precisely␈α∞de≡ned␈α∞and␈α∞we␈α∞hope␈α∞that␈α
you␈α∞will␈α∞feel␈α∞free␈α∞to␈α∞propose␈α
whatever
␈↓ ↓H␈↓seems most interesting and useful.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Member of the Steering Committee