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   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article <2qp8e95h4nki1ibmjf84n023in4le9d3mb@4ax.com>,   
    JRStern  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Maybe nobody worth taking seriously ever quite said it was impossible,   
   > but many people even today of whatever worth continue to say that at   
   > it is at least impossible for digital electronic computers.   
   >   
   > I'm pretty sure it is possible, and I'm very sure nobody has much of a   
   > valid argument why it might NOT be possible, but I suppose, strictly   
   > speaking, it's not proven until we have robots running about and   
   > sounding pretty much indistinguishable from humans.   
      
   We already have good simulations of psychiatrists and many of people   
   with various mental disorders. Eliza was pretty convincing of a non   
   directive shrink, if you didn't try to trip her up   
      
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