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Article #49Re: notable computer stories in fiction and the media
From: Mike Schilling
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1989 18:45
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1989 18:45
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There was an episode of *The Paper Chase* I saw on Showtime (HBO?), in which an AI program on a supercomputer was threatening the law students by doing better, faster research than they could. Three pieces of hilarity ensued: 1. The "supercomputer" was a wall full of DEC antiques: LSI-11/03's, TA11 cartridge drives, TU58 cartridge drives, RK05 disk drives, etc. 2. When the computer was given a problem it couldn't solve, the room lights dimmed, and great sparks jumped from TA11 to TA11. 3. The AI program was foiled because it couldn't deal with a hypothetical question; as Kingsfield explained, only humans have that mental capacity. All of you in simulations and modelling, give it up! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any resemblance between the opinions expressed above and those of any living person is a coincidence. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Schilling mi...@rtech.com Ingres Corporation Alameda, CA
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