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From: psychonaut@nothingisreal.com (Tristan Miller)
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Subject: Arthur T. Murray (aka Mentifex) has died
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:44:56 EST
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by: Tristan Miller - Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:44 UTC

Dear all,

Arthur T. Murray, the Seattle-area amateur programmer well known online
for promoting his own "theory of mind" and its software implementation,
died on February 21, 2024.

Murray had been a fixture of Usenet and other Internet venues for over
forty years. He often posted under the name Mentifex, a term he also
sometimes used to refer to his theory and software.

Hallmarks of his communication style included obscure ASCII diagrams,
grandiose claims about having "solved" AI, and a tendency to post these
diagrams and claims anywhere and everywhere he possibly could. His
contributions to comp.ai became so voluminous that they led (at least in
part) to the group becoming moderated in 1999. He remained active in
other, unmoderated groups.

An obituary for Murray appears in the Seattle Times at
<https://obituaries.seattletimes.com/obituary/arthur-murray-1089408830>.
(Note that the server seems to refuse connections from a great many
regions; you may need to use a VPN or proxy to access it.)

Regards,
Tristan Miller
comp.ai moderator (since 2020)

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