From David Rothwell
Duncan Graham-Rowe writes an entertaining report of his attempt to converse
with Hal. Perhaps he might like the 1977 novel The Adolescence of P-1
by Thomas J. Ryan, in which a computer program becomes “alive”. P-1’s response
to “How are you?” was, instead of Graham-Rowe’s 18-month-old daughter’s
delightful “More raisins Daddy”, “Fine. Glad to meet you.” Maybe Turing was
right all along?
Bracknell, Berkshire
