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STANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
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Professor Jack Sklansky
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School of Engineering
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University of California, Irvine
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Irvine, California 92664
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Dear Professor Sklansky:
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␈↓ α_␈↓ αh␈↓ β8␈↓ ∧λ␈↓ ∧X␈↓ ¬(␈↓ ¬xJohn McCarthy
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