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Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

Bill Joy

The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
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
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
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
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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Asking Development Technological
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
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
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
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

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