📧 Communication

The document is an excerpt from a narrative (likely by literary agent John Brockman) recounting his accidental entry into the world of science publishing. It describes replacing Richard Feynman at a conference in Big Sur, a late-night philosophical encounter with Alan Watts, and his subsequent career representing scientists like Gregory Bateson and John Lilly. The text concludes with a section titled 'The Long AI Winters,' detailing a 1983 meeting in New York involving AI pioneers Marvin Minsky, John McCarthy, and Edward Feigenbaum regarding Japanese advancements in computing.