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  1. Xref: sparky comp.theory:2365 sci.logic:1954 comp.ai.philosophy:6685 comp.robotics:2274 comp.databases.theory:593
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!vtserf!creatures!csgrad.cs.vt.edu!sahle
  3. From: sahle@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Eskinder Sahle)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.theory,sci.logic,comp.ai.philosophy,comp.robotics,comp.databases.theory
  5. Subject: Human Computers....
  6. Message-ID: <3739@creatures.cs.vt.edu>
  7. Date: 7 Nov 92 23:54:27 GMT
  8. References: <1992Nov4.175006.13719@quintus.com>
  9. Sender: usenet@creatures.cs.vt.edu
  10. Followup-To: comp.theory
  11. Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA
  12. Lines: 11
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  14. Hello all:
  15.  
  16. I need some help....  I'm looking for examples in fiction literature
  17. of super sophisticated communicative computers a la HAL. That is,
  18. computers that talk and communicate like humans.  I'm not so much 
  19. interested in those instances where it's a robot that cannot be
  20. distinguished from a human being as in computers sounding human without
  21. being almost totally human-like....  .
  22.  
  23. Thanks in advance.
  24. Ahmed 
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