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CROSSWORD #307: Artificial Unintelligence

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Brendan Quigley

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE]
PROGRAM: [Across Lite]

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PROGRAM: [Java]

PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE]

PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat]

Just saying: That wasn’t much fun watching a computer answer every question. And the documentary/behind the scenes stuff felt like a paid advertisement for IBM. Still, pretty impressive programming, I must say.

Tip of the hat to Chip Van Kirk of Blue Springs, MO for the inspiration to the puzzle, and another tip of the hat to all-around puzzle dude Trip Payne for helping me flesh it out.

Share the puzzle. New one tomorrow.

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Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."

He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday.

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CROSSWORD #307: Artificial Unintelligence