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STANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
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Dr. Gerald Dworkin
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Battelle Seattle Research Center
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4000 NE 41st Street
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Seattle, Washington 98105
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␈↓ α_␈↓ αh␈↓ β8␈↓ ∧λ␈↓ ∧X␈↓ ¬(␈↓ ¬xJohn McCarthy
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