Sujet : Re: Meanings Of AI Koans
De : no.email (at) *nospam* nospam.invalid (Paul Rubin)
Groupes : comp.lang.lispDate : 22. Apr 2024, 00:52:28
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <
ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
Knight turned the machine off and on.
The machine worked.
Commentary:
>
Rule 1 of power-cycling hardware: watch out for residuals.
I think the joke here is that (Tom) Knight was a hardware wizard. So
when he power cycled the machine, he knew what was happening inside it,
unlike the student.