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Here's a scan of a letter I got today from Simon and Schuster offering first serial rights for Marvin Minsky's new book, The Emotion Machine : Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind
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At The Long Tail, Chris Anderson posts a scan of a letter he got from the publishers of the laters book by Marvin Minsky, the well-known thinker on artificial intelligence. "So much for our AI overlords," he quips.... [Read More]
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Notes and sources for the book
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Dear <>? That sounds almost like the beginning of a really bad SF story.
"Dear <>, Nay, not dear, but dearest and darling. Though we live so close together, we rarely get the chance to talk. Yet, through these long months, I've admired your sleek curves, your contoured surfaces. My heart is keyed the soft way you descend and the jaunty way you pop back up. Won'y you pop over this afternoon, just for a few moments? Hoping to be your beloved, <>"
Then <> can get involved in the love triangle, and <> can try to take revenge on <> by attacking <> who can only escape by taking refuge in "Safe Mode".
Okay, that's starting to make "The Eye of Argon" look good.
So will you take the Minsky book?
Posted by: Ivy | April 18, 2006 at 09:55 AM
Argh. That was supposed to have key names like Alt and Ctrl between the braces. Sorry.
Posted by: Ivy | April 18, 2006 at 09:58 AM
my name isadriana ,and i want to rive information abaut the books .
Posted by: adrian ghibaudi | April 23, 2006 at 10:55 AM
my name isadriana ,and i want to rive information abaut the books .
Posted by: adrian ghibaudi | April 23, 2006 at 10:59 AM