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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More Bill Joy Quotes
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Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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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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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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A bomb is blown up only once-but one bot can become many, and quickly get out of control.
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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?
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