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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?

Bill Joy

I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
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
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
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
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
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart

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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