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John Bull

One of the annoyances of my life is coming across references to articles people have written that I can never get hold of.

Apparently Adam Osborne wrote something for Dataquest in India in 1991.

Aaaaaaargh

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@garius
Same here 🥴

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Infosec ExchangeClaudius Link (@realn2s@infosec.exchange)#Help need please #Boost I'm looking for a copy of the article by Daniel Bobrow: "A Turing Test Passed" ACM SIGART Newsletter, December 1968, pp. 14–15; I can't find a digital version 😞 #HistoryOfComputing The article describes an conversation of Daniels boss with #ELIZA (one of the first chatbots) which went something like this VP: Do you think that I can use the computer this morning? ELIZA: Why do you ask? VP: I might be able to make some additional telcomp sales. ELIZA: Why aren't you sure? VP: My prospective customers have never seen a demonstration of the system. ELIZA: Does this mean very much to you? VP: Of course it does. ELIZA: You seem very positive of that. VP: This is ridiculous. ELIZA: What do you mean this is ridiculous? VP: Is there any reason why I can't use the computer now? ELIZA: Tell me more about your prospective customers. VP: Call me Note that after that remark the VP left out the period. Therefore, of course, the computer didn't answer him. This so infuriated the VP, who thought I was playing games with him, that he called me up, woke me from a deep sleep, and said: Why are you being so snotty with me? What do you mean why am I being snotty to you? The VP angrily read the dialog that 'we' had been having, and couldn't get any response but laughter from me. It took me a while to convince him it really was the computer.
The Abikus

@garius we really need to start archiving and digitising material from the 80's and 90's

Curt Frye

@garius Do you have a full citation? I have a fair number of IT contacts in India who might be able to dig it up. Also, any luck finding a copy of Hypergrowth?

John Bull

@cfrye nah. just a side reference in an article in a hindu times obit in 2003 (saved on archive.org) that says he wrote a piece for dataquest with a couple of quotes from it in.

quotes which suggest it's a very interesting read.

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