XPost: comp.lang.python   
   From: primz@bigpond.com   
      
   "Chris S."  wrote in message news:<4133   
   f91$1@news.unimelb.edu.au>...   
   > Nick wrote:   
   >   
   > > Naturally, I find it hard to believe he has picked up on natural   
   > > language processing and the other various skills required to write AI   
   > > engines in that time. My guess is he has a python AIML interpreter,   
   > > and he's found a default "brain" somewhere and tweaked it with some of   
   > > his own stuff in order to pass it off as his own.   
   >   
   > So what's the problem? You make it sound like he *must* be plagerizing   
   > someone else's work, but PyAIML is for creating just such an interface.   
   > There are even free brains available. Considering the term "AI engine"   
   > has no official meaning, a shell powered by an AIML interpreter could   
   > easily be one of many possible solutions to such a setup.   
   >   
      
   Well, if I were using a cryptographic library, I wouldn't dare claim I   
   were a cryptographer. I may say that I had written an application that   
   uses a third party cryptographic component... I think in this context   
   he is using the fact that the chances of a technical person   
   questioning his work are extremely slim.   
      
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