Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: can.ai,can.ai.cscsi Subject: Re: Canadian AI opinions? Message-ID: <4920@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 12:36:17 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4920 Posted: Mon Jan 14 12:36:17 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 12:36:17 EST References: <216@water.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 14 Here's a Devil's Advocate position to help re-start discussion... > What has the Fifth Generation Project got to do with AI? > What is the role of the Canadian Society for Fifth Generation Research The role of anything containing the words "Fifth Generation" is basically to make glowing promises (accompanied by reminders about the bogeyman on the other side of the Pacific) in hopes of convincing government and industry to fork out more money for the (admittedly reasonably deserving) AI community. Period. -- Skeptically yours, Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry