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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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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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
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
You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.
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Mirrors Thinking Views
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
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want

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