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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.

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Although humankind inherently “desires to know”, if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.
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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today
And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species – to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.
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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn’t we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological development, shouldn’t we proceed with great caution?
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Asking Development Technological
A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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Bombs Control Quickly
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.
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Ago Editor Long Writing

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