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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬oMarch 1, 1979




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Gardner Lindzey, Behavioral Sciences Center

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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Details for Klivington

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Gardner:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Here␈α
are␈α
some␈αideas␈α
about␈α
a␈αlot␈α
more␈α
detail␈αfor␈α
Klivington,␈α
but␈αthe␈α
main␈α
points␈αwere␈α
rather
␈↓ ↓H␈↓well␈αcovered␈αin␈αyour␈αletter.␈α Taking␈αinto␈αaccount␈α
the␈αpossibility␈αthat␈αhe␈αis␈αstalling,␈αI␈αsuppose␈α
it␈αis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓important to get something together promptly.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓1. Biographical and laudatory material on the participants.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓2.␈α
Plan␈α
for␈α
a␈αconference␈α
in␈α
connection␈α
with␈αthe␈α
meeting.␈α
 We␈α
think␈αthat␈α
a␈α
few␈α
day␈αconference␈α
with
␈↓ ↓H␈↓many␈αmore␈αpeople␈αsome␈αtime␈αduring␈αthe␈αmeeting␈αwill␈αbe␈αhelpful.␈α I␈αcan␈αimagine␈αabout␈α20␈αpeople
␈↓ ↓H␈↓who␈αcould␈αmake␈αa␈αcontribution.␈α Some␈αhelp␈αwith␈αtravel␈αwould␈αbe␈αgood,␈αalthough␈αI␈αsuppose␈αsome
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people␈α∞could␈α∞make␈α∂it␈α∞on␈α∞their␈α∂own.␈α∞ Even␈α∞if␈α∂the␈α∞conference␈α∞has␈α∂to␈α∞include␈α∞mainly␈α∂local␈α∞people
␈↓ ↓H␈↓because␈αof␈α
a␈αlack␈α
of␈αtravel␈αmoney,␈α
it␈αlooks␈α
like␈αa␈α
good␈αidea.␈α Bob␈α
Moore␈αhas␈α
agreed␈αto␈αorganize␈α
it.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Potential invitees could be listed.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓3.␈αThe␈αproposal␈αcould␈αbe␈αfattened␈αby␈αincluding␈αthe␈αcited␈αpapers␈αof␈αmine␈αand␈αDennett's␈αand␈α(say)
␈↓ ↓H␈↓one␈α∞each␈α∞paper␈α∞from␈α∞other␈α∞participants.␈α∞ The␈α
AI␈α∞people␈α∞alone␈α∞could␈α∞supply␈α∞enough␈α∞reprints␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓choke a goat, and philosophers are at least as long winded.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓4.␈αCitations␈αin␈αsupport␈αof␈αthe␈αimportance␈αof␈αthe␈αinteraction␈αof␈αphilosophy␈αand␈αAI.␈α Perhaps␈αI␈αcan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓≡nd␈α∂something␈α∂in␈α∂Chomsky's␈α∞recent␈α∂writings␈α∂(Chomsky␈α∂is␈α∞considered␈α∂the␈α∂opposite␈α∂side␈α∂of␈α∞most
␈↓ ↓H␈↓issues from AI) that will support the importance of the issues addressed.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓5.␈αSomething␈αabout␈αwhat␈αeach␈αparticipant␈αproposes␈αto␈α
do.␈α My␈αthought␈αis␈αto␈αdo␈αpart␈αof␈α
it␈αmyself
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and get Bob Moore to do part of it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αhave␈αbeen␈αquite␈αpressed␈αby␈αadministrative␈αand␈αother␈αproposal␈αwriting␈αresponsibilities␈αand
␈↓ ↓H␈↓am really not in a position to do the things I suggest above.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        However,␈αif␈αsomething␈αbrief␈αwill␈αdo,␈αI␈αhave␈αadded␈αa␈αbit␈αto␈αyour␈αletter␈αin␈αthe␈αenclosed␈αdraft.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Maybe it responds to his concerns.