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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	cNovember 6, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Bernard Meltzer
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Donald Michie

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Gentlemen:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αhave␈αreceived␈αletters␈αfrom␈αboth␈αof␈αyou␈αand␈αfrom␈αHarry␈αBarrow,␈αand␈αI␈αfeel␈αit␈αis␈αnow␈αtime
␈↓ ↓H␈↓for␈α∂me␈α∂to␈α∞make␈α∂my␈α∂Solomon-like␈α∂proposal␈α∞-␈α∂decision␈α∂being␈α∂almost␈α∞certainly␈α∂too␈α∂strong␈α∂a␈α∞word.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓However, this is all you will get from me, since I don't want to put more time on it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        First␈αof␈αall,␈αI␈αwant␈αto␈αdecide␈αthe␈αnarrowest␈αpossible␈αquestion␈α-␈αwhat␈αto␈αdo␈αabout␈αthe␈αpresent
␈↓ ↓H␈↓issue␈αrather␈αthan␈αa␈αgeneral␈αeditorial␈αpolicy␈αabout␈αhow␈αinstitutional␈αa≠liations␈αshould␈αbe␈αrecorded.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓The␈αpolicy␈αDonald␈αcites␈αseems␈αreasonable␈αto␈αme,␈αbut␈αI␈αhaven't␈αcanvassed␈αeditors␈αof␈αother␈α
scienti≡c
␈↓ ↓H␈↓journals␈α∂enough␈α⊂to␈α∂know␈α⊂if␈α∂it␈α⊂is␈α∂universal.␈α∂ If␈α⊂a␈α∂proposal␈α⊂from␈α∂me␈α⊂about␈α∂general␈α⊂policy␈α∂were
␈↓ ↓H␈↓wanted,␈α∞I␈α∞would␈α∞say␈α∞copy␈α∞the␈α∞policy␈α∞of␈α∞␈↓↓Nature␈↓␈α∞if␈α∞you␈α∞can␈α∞get␈α∞them␈α∞to␈α∞say␈α∞what␈α∞it␈α∂is,␈α∞choosing
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Nature␈↓␈αas␈αa␈αrespectable␈α
journal␈αwhose␈αpolicy␈αI␈α
don't␈αknow␈αbut␈αwhich␈α
probably␈αisn't␈αinvolved␈αin␈α
a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓current controversy about it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        As␈α⊂to␈α⊂the␈α⊂present␈α⊂situation,␈α⊂since␈α⊂Michie␈α∂and␈α⊂Barrow␈α⊂both␈α⊂think␈α⊂there␈α⊂should␈α⊂be␈α∂some
␈↓ ↓H␈↓corrigendum, let's do it.  I suggest the following corrigendum:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        "There␈α∂has␈α∂been␈α∂a␈α∞complaint␈α∂about␈α∂the␈α∂description␈α∞of␈α∂the␈α∂institutional␈α∂a≠liations␈α∂of␈α∞the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓authors␈α
of␈α
the␈α
paper␈α
"A␈αVersatile␈α
System␈α
for␈α
Computer-Controlled␈α
Assembly"␈α
by␈αAmbler,␈α
Barrow,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈αPopplestone␈αpublished␈αin␈αthe␈αSummer␈α1975␈αissue␈αof␈α␈↓↓Arti≡cial␈αIntelligence␈↓.␈α The␈αeditors␈αwere
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of␈αtaking␈αinto␈αaccount␈αthe␈αreorganization␈α
of␈αAI␈αwork␈αat␈αthe␈α
University␈αof
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Edinburgh.␈α∞ It␈α
would␈α∞have␈α∞been␈α
better␈α∞to␈α∞have␈α
given␈α∞the␈α∞a≠liation␈α
as␈α∞Department␈α∞of␈α
Machine
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Intelligence␈α∂with␈α∂a␈α∂footnote␈α∂saying␈α∂that␈α∂the␈α∂authors␈α∂are␈α∂now␈α∂with␈α∂the␈α∂Department␈α∂of␈α∞Arti≡cial
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Intelligence."

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        If␈α
I␈αhad␈α
another␈αhour␈α
to␈αspend␈α
on␈αit,␈α
perhaps␈αI␈α
could␈αdo␈α
better,␈αbut␈α
the␈αmachine␈α
is␈αgoing
␈↓ ↓H␈↓down in 4 minutes and 8 seconds.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Dr. Harry Barrow     Dr. Bertram Rafael