Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!peter 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 Article-I.D.: graffiti.407 Posted: Sun Nov 3 23:59:37 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 06:40:08 EST References: <10875@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 13 > 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. -- Name: Peter da Silva Graphic: `-_-' UUCP: ...!shell!{graffiti,baylor}!peter IAEF: ...!kitty!baylor!peter