On Sunday 06 May 2007 17:59, J. Andrew Rogers wrote: > On May 6, 2007, at 2:27 PM, J. Storrs Hall, PhD. wrote: > > The only person, for my money, who has really seen through it is Drew > > McDermott, Yale CS prof (former student of Minsky). ... > > Eh? Unless McDermott first came up with that idea long before he > wrote that book, it is just a rehash of a relatively old idea. ...
Assuming we're thinking about the same book, Li & Vitanyi was published in 1993. McDermott came up with his theory/explanation in the 80's and "published" it on the ARPANET AI list (which is where I first came across it). Josh ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
