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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.

Bill Joy

Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
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 was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
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
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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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Couple People Writing
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling

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