Hey Alan, With regards to "burning issues" and "better directions", I want to highlight the "communicating with aliens" problem as worth of remembering. Machines figuring out on their own a protocol and goals for communication. This might relate to "cooperating solvers" aspect of your work.
Cheers, Tristan On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Alan Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan > > We are not soliciting proposals, but we like to hear the opinions of > others on "burning issues" and "better directions" in computing. > > Cheers, > > Alan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jonathan Edwards <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 3, 2013 4:44 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned? > > That's great news! We desperately need fresh air. As you know, the way a > problem is framed bounds its solutions. Do you already know what problems > to work on or are you soliciting proposals? > > Jonathan > > > From: Alan Kay <[email protected]> > To: Fundamentals of New Computing <[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 10:45:50 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned? > Hi Dan > > It actually got written and given to NSF and approved, etc., a while ago, > but needs a little more work before posting on the VPRI site. > > Meanwhile we've been consumed by setting up a number of additional, and > wider scale, research projects, and this has occupied pretty much all of my > time for the last 5-6 months. > > Cheers, > > Alan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dan Melchione <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, September 2, 2013 10:40 AM > *Subject:* [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned? > > Haven't seen much regarding this for a while. Has it been been abandoned > or put at such low priority that it is effectively abandoned? > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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