Solomon: Your entry in Wikipedia says that your work has inspired many students to begin careers in computing and artificial intelligence.

Hofstadter: I have no interest in computers. The entry is filled with inaccuracies, and it kind of depresses me.

Solomon: So fix it.

Hofstadter: The next day someone will fix it back.

— Quoted in Deborah Solomon, “The Mind Reader,” New York Times, (2007-04-01)

2012.03.16 Friday ACHK