Just a hunch...

Paul,

	No, I'm not from Cambell, CA. I live in the little backwask town

of Oil City, PA, birthplace of the oil industry. Woo Hoo!

Alan,

	I agree that this has been one of the more interesting 
discussions (in the five days I've been reading them anyway). Although
it 
is true that computers anr faster at sequential logic processing, I 
haven't found one yet that can play a hunch or gets a gut feeling about 
things. It will be a long time before any AI can make intuitive leaps of

logic.

	I think the ability of humans to make judgement calls without 
complete information is one of their best assets in combat ( gaming 
anyway, as I've never experienced real combat). We put one and one 
together and sometimes get two, or one, or three, or one thousand... 

	On the other hand some great military blunders have been made
due 
to playing these hunches.

	Can AI ever really replace humans in these situations?

						Rodrick