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Human with a teletype argument

If you don't believe that a teletype is a good enough I/O channel for an intelligent being, imagine yourself locked in a room, having to answer messages sent over a terminal. If we can build a snapshot of your mind as it is functioning right now, a teletype will be more than adequate to communicate.

Deniz Yuret
Tue Apr 1 21:26:01 EST 1997