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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	␈October 5, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. David Levy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓104 Hamilton Terrace
␈↓ ↓H␈↓London NW8 9UP
␈↓ ↓H␈↓England

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear David:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        No,␈αI␈α
didn't␈αthink␈α
it␈αwas␈α
a␈αsure␈α
thing␈αin␈α1968,␈α
or␈αI␈α
would␈αhave␈α
had␈αqualms␈α
about␈αbetting
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with␈αa␈αgraduate␈αstudent.␈α In␈α1958,␈αI␈αwould␈αhave␈αbeen␈αmore␈αcon≡dent,␈αbut␈αby␈α1968␈αI␈αhad␈αbegun␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓have␈α∂some␈α∂idea␈α∂of␈α∂how␈α∂slow␈α∂things␈α∂could␈α∂be.␈α∂ Now␈α∂I␈α∂would␈α∂bet␈α∂only␈α∂if␈α∂I␈α∂knew␈α∂someone␈α∞who
␈↓ ↓H␈↓intended␈α∂to␈α⊂work␈α∂on␈α⊂it␈α∂using␈α⊂ideas␈α∂in␈α∂which␈α⊂I␈α∂had␈α⊂con≡dence,␈α∂even␈α⊂though␈α∂I␈α⊂would␈α∂consider
␈↓ ↓H␈↓another bet now to be a fair one.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αadmire␈αyour␈αspirit␈αin␈αinitiating␈αand␈αcontributing␈αto␈αthe␈αprize,␈αand␈αI␈αlook␈αforward␈αto␈αyour
␈↓ ↓H␈↓visit.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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