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bobalew

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2. I also met an AI pioneer/co-worker in the 70's...

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Thu May 14, 2026, 05:51 PM

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He went by a single name. Tovar. Didn't believe in wearing shoes then, as I remember. I caught up with him 30 years later at a Celtic festival in Pleasanton. He was a bit soured on it at that point as he told it.

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