Letters

The recent article by Roger C. Schank ("Where's the AI", AI Magazine, Winter, 1991) brought a broad nostalgic smile to my face. I believe that I am the unnamed Yale junior faculty member to whose work Prof. Schank alluded. Perhaps the intervening years have eradicated his memory of my name or, more likely, he wished to spare me the ignominy of serving as one of his principal strawmen. I, however, fully mindful of Oscar Wilde's observation that the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about, would not have been insulted by being identified. But, my purpose in writing is neither to defend my scientific integrity nor to dispel my anonymity.