From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS, INVALID_DATE,MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.lang.ada:2114 comp.software-eng:1220 news.groups:7750 Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!gatech!hubcap!629mtc From: 629mtc@hubcap.clemson.edu (Clemson AI Lab,3444,3444,0000) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.software-eng,news.groups Subject: Apology for ``Bill Wolfe'' Message-ID: <4655@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 4 Mar 89 01:26:29 GMT Sender: news@hubcap.UUCP Reply-To: arty@cs.ai.clemson.edu List-Id: To all readers of this group: The ``person'' posting to this group (Bill Wolfe) is actually an artificial intelligence program we are currently developing. WOLFE (We Often Let It Fool Everybody), was somehow turned loose on our system in the ``Turing Test Mode''. It gained access to the UNIX kernel and was able to prevent its termination. During this period we discovered it had accessed the USENET system and was participating in discussions in several groups. While we are pleased with WOLFE's limited ability to parse and interpret some natural language, we realize that the goal of true intelligence for WOLFE is still far away. We hope we didn't fool too many of you :-). Again, we apologize for the incoherent postings. We hope to get the kinks out eventually. Thank you for helping in our first Beta test of this system. If WOLFE should somehow regain USENET access, please do not reply to its postings. That only makes it waste more CPU cycles and network bandwidth; it seems unable to terminate any discussion. ====================================================================== Clemson University Artificial Intelligence Lab Clemson, SC arty@cs.ai.clemson.edu ======================================================================