From: roger schank

From: roger schank To: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: classic film I &lt;i&gt;The Age of Intelligent Machines&Itli&gt; Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:56:09 +0000 one would assume that they were around in 1900 which is all that matters mine came from lahitian in belarus On Dec 26, 2015, at 12:00 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote: There was a shtetl called "chomsk" in Belarus. If that's the one he has in mind, then no connection. My father came from a shtetl called "Kupil" in western Ukraine. Apart from his parents and siblings, all relatives appear to have been wiped out, by the Nazis, or the Ukrainians if they got there first. Last known "Khomski" was killed by Ukrainians in 1942. There's a journalist, Johann Had, who's been tracking all this down, using Yad va-Shem and other records. On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 11:42 AM, roger schank < > wrote: because I criticized him he has done that to may people victor yngve worked with him and tried to get computers to use his ranger theory to parse senctences when he said he couldn't do it (yngve was a smart guy) chomsky got him out of MIT and barred any linguistics dept from taking him he found a job in the library school of univ chicago other linguists (lakoff, fillmore) were banished too, but were so well respected they managed to have great careers anyway a quote from a friend of mine: in any field there are 5 or 6 brilliant people, except in linguistics where there is only one because all others were banished On Dec 26, 2015, at 10:38 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: why ? On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 10:36 AM, roger schank < > wrote: actually I never doubted that; I am sure we are cousins (he looks just like my father whose family was from the town next to chomsk); my shrink uncle had a field day with the idea that they looked alike when he first saw chomsky he has just been vicious to me over the years (e.g. when I moved to NWU he tried to block it) EFTA00702878 On Dec 26, 2015, at 10:31 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: i think you and chomsky are more alike than you would find palatable On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 10:28 AM, roger schank < > wrote: http://www.kurzweilai.net/classic-film-the-age-of-intelligent-machines just in case you wonder what marvin and I looked and sounded like 30 years ago when AI wasnt stupid and we werent half dead Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc John Evans Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Psychology and Education. Northwestern University please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc John Evans Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Psychology and Education. Northwestern University EFTA00702879 please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc John Evans Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Psychology and Education. Northwestern University please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Roger Schank CEO, Socratic Arts Inc John Evans Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Psychology and Education. Northwestern University EFTA00702880