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␈β↓Q␈↓ ¬ STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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␈↓β␈↓ ¬_STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY␈↓
+ Telephone:
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COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT␈↓
+415-497-4430
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␈↓␈↓ ¬k20 January 1975
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Larry Stelmack
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MIT
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Station Box 158
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Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Dear Mr. Stelmack:
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am␈α
quite␈α
sure␈α
that␈α
what␈α
you␈α
suggest␈α
has␈α
not␈α
been␈α
done,␈α
because␈α
as␈α
yet:
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␈↓ α_1.␈α
the␈α
I/O␈α
coding␈α
of␈α
signals␈α
in␈α
a␈α
monkey's␈α
visual␈α
cortex␈α
is␈α
not␈α
known␈α
with␈α
sufficient␈α
precision.
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␈↓ α_2.␈αit␈αis␈αnot␈αknown␈αprecisely␈αwhat␈αinformation␈α
is␈α
contained␈α
in␈α
the␈α
output␈α
of␈α
the␈α
visual␈α
cortex␈α
or
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␈↓ ↓Hhow␈α
it␈α
is␈α
coded.
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␈↓ α_3.␈αthere␈αis␈αno␈αpresent␈αway␈αof␈αmaking␈αconnections␈αto␈αlarge␈αnumbers␈αof␈αfibers␈αin,␈αsay,␈αthe␈αoptic
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Connections␈α
to␈α
a␈α
smaller␈α
number␈α
of␈α
fibers␈α
can␈α
be␈α
made␈α
but␈α
cannot␈α
be␈α
kept␈α
alive␈α
very␈α
long.
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␈↓ α_4.␈α
it␈α
is␈α
not␈α
yet␈α
possible␈α
to␈α
keep␈α
the␈α
monkey's␈α
brain␈α
alive␈α
apart␈α
from␈α
the␈α
monkey␈α
for␈α
very␈α
long.
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␈↓ ↓HTherefore,␈αI␈αthink␈αanything␈αwritten␈αin␈αthis␈αdirection␈αwould␈αbe␈αquite␈αspeculative.␈αHowever,␈αI␈αdo␈αnot
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to␈α
assert␈α
that␈α
these␈α
things␈α
will␈α
never␈α
be␈α
possible.
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Sincerely yours,
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John McCarthy
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Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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Professor of Computer Science
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JMC:pw
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