You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
BILL JOYThe next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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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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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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There are a couple of people in the world who can really program in C or FØRTRAN. They write more code in less time than it takes for other programmers. Most programmers aren’t that good.
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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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