Quote #498
Minsky and I require every graduate student to take an oath at the grave of
E.E. "Doc" Smith before he can receive a PhD in AI.
-- John McCarthy
[, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
]
Minsky and I require every graduate student to take an oath at the grave of
E.E. "Doc" Smith before he can receive a PhD in AI.
-- John McCarthy
[, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
]
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