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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
¬March 30, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Joseph Weizenbaum
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Laboratory for Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓545 Technology Square
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ Cambridge, Massachusetts

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Joe:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Enclosed␈α
is␈α
a␈α
copy␈α
of␈α∞the␈α
current␈α
version␈α
of␈α
my␈α∞review.␈α
 No␈α
telling␈α
whether␈α
and␈α∞where␈α
it
␈↓ ↓H␈↓might␈αbe␈αpublished.␈α
 As␈αyou␈αsee,␈α
I␈α≡nd␈αmenaces␈αin␈α
your␈αand␈αMumford's␈α
anti-technological␈αviews
␈↓ ↓H␈↓that␈α∞I␈α∞think␈α∞are␈α∞doing␈α∞much␈α∞harm␈α∞today.␈α
 The␈α∞reference␈α∞to␈α∞Laplace␈α∞refers␈α∞to␈α∞the␈α∞fact␈α∞that␈α
you
␈↓ ↓H␈↓attribute␈α
to␈α
Leibniz␈α
(you␈αspell␈α
it␈α
Leibnitz)␈α
Laplace's␈α
statement␈αabout␈α
being␈α
able␈α
to␈α
predict␈αfrom␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓positions␈αand␈αvelocities␈αof␈αthe␈αparticles.␈α I␈αdon't␈αhave␈αa␈αreference␈αon␈αthat,␈αbut␈αseveral␈αpeople␈αhave
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓no-one can ≡nd your quote.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α∂are␈α∂supposed␈α∂to␈α∞co-ordinate␈α∂our␈α∂comments␈α∂on␈α∂the␈α∞symposium␈α∂papers.␈α∂ So␈α∂far␈α∂I␈α∞can't
␈↓ ↓H␈↓think␈αof␈α
anything␈αto␈α
say␈αabout␈α
Negroponte's␈αexcept␈α
that␈αI␈α
agree␈αthat␈α
the␈αcomputer␈α
is␈αperipheral␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α∞visual␈α∂arts,␈α∞and␈α∂it␈α∞will␈α∂neither␈α∞help␈α∞nor␈α∂hinder␈α∞artists'␈α∂interests␈α∞returning␈α∂to␈α∞beauty.␈α∂ I␈α∞will
␈↓ ↓H␈↓grumble␈α∂that␈α⊂Noyce␈α∂doesn't␈α⊂discuss␈α∂possible␈α∂developments␈α⊂of␈α∂technology␈α⊂that␈α∂will␈α⊂permit␈α∂small
␈↓ ↓H␈↓numbers of an integrated circuit to be made economically.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        When␈αyou␈αsent␈αme␈αa␈αmessage,␈αI␈αwas␈αthere,␈αbut␈αyou␈αdidn't␈αrespond␈αto␈αmy␈αTALK␈αcommand.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓In␈αgeneral,␈αI␈α
haven't␈α≡gured␈αout␈αhow␈α
to␈αsend␈αmessages␈αto␈α
unlogged␈αin␈αusers.␈α I␈α
also␈αtried␈αto␈αsend␈α
a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓message␈αto␈αWeizenbaum␈αat␈α
mltx,␈αbut␈αit␈αhadn't␈α
heard␈αof␈αyou␈αunder␈α
that␈αname.␈α Therefore␈αthe␈α
U.S.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mail wins for now, but can you be reached on ARPANET and if so how?


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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