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question:what-is-the-problem-with-footnote-19What is the problem with Footnote #19?
Implicit interrogative; Steenson's footnote #19 led her to 12 years of research on AI and architecture, but also to Minsky and Epstein connection.
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- Author of the essay and researcher examining Christopher Alexander's influence on AI, cybernetics, and digital design; currently Senior Associate Dean for Research at Carnegie Mellon University.
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