<s>
The	O
advice	B-Application
taker	I-Application
was	O
a	O
hypothetical	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
proposed	O
by	O
John	O
McCarthy	O
in	O
his	O
1959	O
paper	O
"	O
Programs	O
with	O
Common	O
Sense	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
also	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
first	O
paper	O
to	O
propose	O
common	O
sense	O
reasoning	O
ability	O
as	O
the	O
key	O
to	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
"	O
…	O
programs	O
to	O
manipulate	O
in	O
a	O
suitable	O
formal	O
language	O
(	O
most	O
likely	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
predicate	B-Application
calculus	I-Application
)	O
common	O
instrumental	O
statements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
main	O
advantages	O
we	O
expect	O
the	O
advice	B-Application
taker	I-Application
to	O
have	O
is	O
that	O
its	O
behaviour	O
will	O
be	O
improvable	O
merely	O
by	O
making	O
statements	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
telling	O
it	O
about	O
its	O
symbolic	O
environment	O
and	O
what	O
is	O
wanted	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
these	O
statements	O
will	O
require	O
little	O
if	O
any	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
or	O
the	O
previous	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
advice	B-Application
taker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
assume	O
that	O
the	O
advice	B-Application
taker	I-Application
will	O
have	O
available	O
to	O
it	O
a	O
fairly	O
wide	O
class	O
of	O
immediate	O
logical	O
consequences	O
of	O
anything	O
it	O
is	O
told	O
and	O
its	O
previous	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
