Eyes and Ears for Computers* E. E. DAVID, JR.t, SENIOR MEMBER, IRE, AND 0. G. SELFRIDGEt

S MAN RUSHES to build his replacements, he communication. In the meantime at least, Though such abstraction is difficult, we already have computers must be able to, but cannot, understand the given some of our machines limited ability to read printing writing and talking of men. We are protected from technological in certain type faces [1], [2]. But reading scratchpad unemployment so long as we are buffered by handwriting or transcribing conversational speech punched cards, magnetic tapes, and on-line or off-line by machine is far beyond our ken. Also, it seems clear printers. But the day will come!