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␈↓ ↓H␈↓¬␈↓ α≡OFFICE MEMORANDUM  *  STANFORD UNIVERSITY  *  OFFICE MEMORANDUM

␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ βBSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬xJune 4, 1979




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Gardner Lindzey, CASBS

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Marvin and Sloman

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈α∂≡nally␈α∂called␈α∂Marvin␈α∂and␈α∂smoked␈α∂him␈α∂out.␈α∂ Alas,␈α∂he␈α∂isn't␈α∂coming.␈α∂ They␈α∂just␈α∂couldn't␈α∂bring
␈↓ ↓H␈↓themselves␈α
to␈α
go␈α
away␈α
for␈α
their␈α
twins'␈α
last␈α
year␈α
in␈α
high␈α
school.␈α
 Marvin␈α
promises␈α
to␈α
phone␈αyou,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓but even if he doesn't you can take it as o≠cial.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Marvin wants to come for a month; we'll decide later.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈α
forget␈αwhether␈α
I␈α
told␈αyou␈α
that␈α
Sloman␈αwrote␈α
that␈αhe␈α
couldn't␈α
come␈αfor␈α
the␈α
year␈αbut␈α
would␈αlike␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓come␈αfor␈αa␈αfew␈α
months␈αstarting␈αin␈αApril.␈α
 I␈αwrote␈αback␈αthat␈αthis␈α
might␈αbe␈αdesirable␈αif␈α
the␈αgroup
␈↓ ↓H␈↓were␈α
holding␈α
together␈α
long␈α
enough␈α
and␈α
that␈α
we␈α
would␈α
see␈α
what␈α
the␈α
situation␈α
is␈α
after␈α∞the␈α
group
␈↓ ↓H␈↓had its ≡rst meetings.