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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: "The Adolescence of P-1": Seen it?
Message-ID: <407@graffiti.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 23:59:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  3 23:59:37 1985
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> A few years back I borrowed and read a book by Thomas P. Ryan entitled,
> "The Adolescence of P-1".  It was about a computer program designed to
> "learn" based on its input; the main character feeds it versions of science
> textbooks, literature, etc.

Actually, what it was designed to learn was how to break security systems.
It got the science and literature on its own by looking at phototypesetter
files, after it had escaped.
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Name: Peter da Silva
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