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Group: comp.lang.forth · Group Profile
Author: KennethKenneth Date: Sep 10, 2008 09:39
On Sep 9, 6:06Â pm, Kent Paul Dolan well.com> wrote:> Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Â > "Murray has been flogging his claim to have
> Â > 'solved A.I.' since long before computers with
> Â > capacities capable of doing any such thing were
> Â > available" implies pretty clearly that such
> Â > capacities are available now,
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> Not to any sane person it doesn't.
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The word "were" is past tense and implies that the availability of
"computers with the capacities capable..." was in the past. And since
computer technology does not seem to get worse over time, we can infer
that we still have said technology in the present.
I know what you're trying to say, but you could have worded it
clearer, or removed the last part of the sentence completely.
And I don't think anyone meant to strawman you on purpose...
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