Drafts and publications relating to Artificial Intelligence
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Drafts and publications including: 1.) Photocopies of handwritten drafts of ‘Computational Models of Religious Belief’ and ‘Acquisition and revision of beliefs by machines: some problems of rationality’ by Donald Michie 2.) ‘”Mind-like” capabilities in computers: A note on computer induction’ ...
Correspondence including letters written by Anne McLaren, Jack Good, Roger Chambers, Elva Robinson, Robert Barry, Graham Mann and Cedric Smith. Also includes letters about Jean Hayes-Michie’s appointment to the University of South Wales.
Notebooks recording Donald Michie and Anne McLarens’s travels and research in Eastern Europe
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File includes: 1.) Travel diary of a trip to Eastern Europe by Anne McLaren. Includes a loose letter to Anne from Margaret. 2.) Travel diary of Donald Michie’s trip to Russia and notes on genetics. 3.) Research notes of Donald Michie whilst at the Institute of Agrobiology in Hungary, which ma...
Notebooks relating to the Turing-Church Thesis and the causality for MI-17
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File includes 2 notebooks: 1.) Notebook on the Turing-Church Thesis 2.) Notebook is mostly blank but contains two pages of notes on the causality for MI-17
Miscellaneous personal papers of Donald Michie including: 1.) Donald Michie’s CV, three copies of a list of his scientific publications and pen portraits of Donald Michie and Jean Hayes Michie 2.) Three poems by Donald Michie called 'Pilate', 'Barabba's and 'Mary' 3.) ‘On Tour-in Russia’ from...
File relating to Michie’s health concerns including: 1.) Letters discussing Donald Michie’s medical condition from Dr Claire Parker to Dr Oliver Ormerod and from Dr Debie Alvares to Dr Jane Lim 2.) Contact details of the Camden Contact Careline Community Alarm Service 3.) Newspaper cuttings r...