You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
BILL JOYThe standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
More Bill Joy Quotes
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Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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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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Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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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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Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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I wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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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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