HAL, Holly or Deep Thought ?

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From: Paul McIlroy
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00

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If you were asked to develop a computer like HAL from 2001, Holly from
Red Dwarf or Deep Thought from the Hitch-hikers Guide to the Universe,
and to complete it within 10 years could you do it ? Would you be first
across the finishing line, or would someone else beat you? Where would
you start?  And where would you end up?

Paul McIlroy
- author of BT's first Future Technology Calendar, 1990-2030.

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Subject: HAL, Holly or Deep Thought ?
Date: 1997/05/19
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