visionary

( n.)

   1.  One  who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence
   researcher  working  on  the  problem  of  getting computers to `see'
   things  using  TV  cameras.  (There  isn't  any  problem  in  sending
   information  from  a TV camera to a computer. The problem is, how can
   the computer be programmed to make use of the camera information? See
   {SMOP}, {AI-complete}.)

   2.  [IBM]  One  who reads the outside literature. At IBM, apparently,
   such a penchant is viewed with awe and wonder.

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