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␈↓␈↓↓␈↓α␈↓β␈↓∧␈↓α␈↓ ∧8ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
␈↓ ∧[COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
␈↓ ¬0STANFORD UNIVERSITY
␈↓ ∧vSTANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305
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Dear Dr. Morgan:
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␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃I␈αhave␈αbeen␈αdithering␈αabout␈αwhether␈αto␈αask␈αyou␈αto␈αsend␈αthe␈αproposal␈αout␈α
to␈α
review␈α
or␈α
to␈α
try␈α
to␈α
come
␈↓ ↓Hto␈α
an␈α
agreement␈αwith␈αyou␈αabout␈αcutting␈αit␈αdown.␈αIt␈αseems␈αto␈αme␈αthat␈αthere␈αare␈αsome␈αbasic␈αquestions␈αthat
␈↓ ↓Hshould␈α
be␈α
settled␈α
first.
␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃The␈α
proposal␈α
as␈α
written␈α
is␈α
intended␈α
as␈α
a␈α
plan␈α
for␈α
developing␈αa␈αset␈αof␈αuseful␈αhome␈αterminal␈αservices
␈↓ ↓Hand␈α⊃testing␈α⊃whether␈α⊃a␈α⊃group␈α⊃of␈α⊃people␈α⊃indeed␈α⊃find␈α⊃them␈α⊂worth␈α⊂having.␈α⊂This␈α⊂plan␈α⊂is␈α⊂based␈α⊂on␈α⊂several
␈↓ ↓Hconsiderations:␈α
First,␈α
home␈αterminals␈αare␈αdesirable␈α-␈αmy␈αideas␈αon␈αwhy␈αthis␈αis␈αso␈αare␈αcontained␈αin␈αthe␈αpaper
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓Home␈αInformation␈αTerminals␈↓.␈αSecond,␈αthe␈αmain␈αproblem␈αis␈αgetting␈αa␈αuseful␈αset␈αof␈αservicces␈αrather␈αthan␈αa
␈↓ ↓Hhardware␈αproblem,␈αbecause␈αterminals␈αare␈αbeing␈αimproved␈αfor␈αother␈α
reasons.␈α
Third,␈α
while␈α
home␈α
terminals␈α
will
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their␈αgreatest␈αutility␈αin␈αconnection␈αwith␈αadaptation␈αof␈αthe␈αinstitutions␈αof␈αpublishing␈αand␈αcommerce
␈↓ ↓Htaking␈αinto␈αaccount␈αtheir␈αavailability,␈αit␈αis␈αa␈αgood␈αbe␈αto␈αtry␈αto␈αdevelop␈αuseful␈αservices␈αthat␈αdo␈αnot␈αrequire
␈↓ ↓Hsuch␈α
changes.
␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃You␈α
have␈α
mentioned␈αthat␈αsome␈αaspects␈αof␈αthe␈αproposal␈αare␈αvague,␈αand␈αI␈αwould␈αlike␈αto␈αgive␈αa␈αreason
␈↓ ↓Hfor␈αthis.␈αNamely,␈αwhat␈αcan␈αbe␈αdone␈αdepends␈αon␈αwhat␈αgraduate␈α
students␈α
turn␈α
out␈α
to␈α
be␈α
interested␈α
in␈α
working
␈↓ ↓Hon␈α∞and␈α∞on␈α∞the␈α∞usual␈α∞compromise␈α∞between␈α∞what␈α∞is␈α∞best␈α∞technically␈α∞and␈α∞how␈α∞the␈α
work␈α
can␈α
be␈α
divided␈α
into
␈↓ ↓Hsepararable␈α∞projects.␈α∞Secondly,␈α∞we␈α∞shall␈α∞have␈α∞to␈α
get␈α
reactions␈α
to␈α
the␈α
first␈α
services␈α
we␈α
provide␈α
in␈α
order␈α
to
␈↓ ↓Hdetermine␈α∞what␈α∞services␈α∞to␈α∞do␈α∞next.␈α
Thirdly,␈α
we␈α
hope␈α
that␈α
some␈α
of␈α
the␈α
work␈α
will␈α
be␈α
financed␈α
from␈α
other
␈↓ ↓Hsources;␈α∂the␈α∂Associated␈α∞Press␈α∞is␈α∞interested␈α∞in␈α∞supporting␈α∞further␈α∞work␈α∞on␈α∞our␈α∞news␈α∞program,␈α∞and␈α∞ARPA
␈↓ ↓Hfinds␈α
some␈α
of␈α
the␈α
research␈α
of␈α
interest␈α
in␈α
connection␈α
with␈α
making␈α
effective␈α
use␈αof␈αthe␈αnetwork␈αand␈αwith␈αa
␈↓ ↓Hproject␈α
on␈α
office␈α
automation.
␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃The␈αmain␈αquestion␈αI␈αhave␈αfor␈αyou␈αis␈αthis.␈α
Do␈α
you␈α
agree␈α
with␈α
the␈α
goal␈α
and␈α
the␈α
propositions␈α
about␈α
how
␈↓ ↓Hto␈αachieve␈αit␈αin␈αthe␈αsecond␈αparagraph?␈αIf␈αyou␈αdo,␈αthen␈αwe␈αcan␈αtry␈αto␈αwork␈αout␈αthe␈αbest␈αway␈αof␈αachieving␈αit
␈↓ ↓Hwithin␈α∞your␈α∞financial␈α∞limitations.␈α∞If␈α∞you␈α∞have␈α∞serious␈α∞doubts␈α∞about␈α∞the␈α∞goal␈α∞or␈α∞general␈α∞approach,␈α∞then␈α∞I
␈↓ ↓Hwould␈αdefinitely␈αlike␈αto␈αhave␈αthe␈αproposal␈αput␈αout␈αfor␈αreview␈αin␈αthe␈αhopes␈αthat␈αthe␈αreviewers␈αwill␈αbe␈αmore
␈↓ ↓Henthusiastic␈α
about␈α
it␈α
than␈α
you␈α
are.
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Sincerely yours,
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John McCarthy
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Professor of Computer Science
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Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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