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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	dDecember 2, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Louis Libin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓600 Cedarhurt Avenue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Cedarhurst, New York 11516

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Libin:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αam␈αglad␈αto␈αhear␈αof␈αyour␈αinterest␈αin␈αArti≡cial␈αIntelligence␈α(we␈αabbreviate␈αit␈αA.I.),␈αespecially␈αwhen
␈↓ ↓H␈↓this␈α
interest␈αstems␈α
from␈α
what␈αseems␈α
like␈α
an␈αunlikely␈α
source.␈α
 Enclosed␈αare␈α
three␈α
things:␈αa␈α
somewhat
␈↓ ↓H␈↓out-of-date␈αdescription␈αof␈αthis␈αlaboratory,␈αa␈αlong␈α
review␈αof␈αWeizenbaum's␈αbook,␈αand␈αa␈αlist␈α
of␈αour
␈↓ ↓H␈↓reports.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Your␈αletter␈αdoes␈αnot␈αcontain␈αenough␈αinformation␈αto␈αsuggest␈αeither␈αyour␈αquali≡cations␈αor␈αhow␈αyour
␈↓ ↓H␈↓interests␈α
mesh␈α
with␈α
ours.␈α
 Besides␈αthat,␈α
we␈α
are␈α
rather␈α
broke␈α
this␈αyear.␈α
 Therefore,␈α
the␈α
best␈α
I␈αcan␈α
do
␈↓ ↓H␈↓is␈αo≥er␈αyou␈αan␈αunpaid␈αsummer␈αinternship␈αfor␈αthis␈αcoming␈αsummer.␈α If␈αyou␈αcan␈αa≥ord␈αto␈αtake␈αit,␈αI
␈↓ ↓H␈↓am␈α
sure␈α
you␈α
will␈α
learn␈α
a␈α
lot␈α
because␈α
our␈α
research␈α
is␈α
very␈α
active␈α
during␈α
the␈α
summer.␈α∞ The␈α
dates
␈↓ ↓H␈↓would␈αbe␈αup␈αto␈αyou,␈αbut␈αless␈αthan␈αsix␈αweeks␈αwould␈αnot␈αbe␈αuseful.␈α You␈αshould␈αlet␈αus␈αknow␈αwell␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓advance what your decision is.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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