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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	YSeptember 3, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Edward Fredkin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Laboratory for Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓M.I.T.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Cambridge, MA 02139

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Ed:

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓computer chess as entirely a sporting matter with no scienti≡c component.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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