Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
BILL JOYTake responsibility for the things you build and invent.
BILL JOYGiven 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 JOYI was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
BILL JOYBitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
BILL JOYYou can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
BILL JOYThe point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
BILL JOYSystems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
BILL JOYI wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
BILL JOYSometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
BILL JOYAlthough 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.
BILL JOYI think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
BILL JOYThe standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
BILL JOYWe have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
BILL JOYMost of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
BILL JOYThat lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
BILL JOYWe can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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