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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.

Bill Joy

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
What’s your personal computer, anyways? Your personal computer should be something that’s always on your person.
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Computer Should Technology
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
I think multiple levels of undo would be wonderful, too.
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Levels Thinking Wonderful
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
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
Most of the bright people don’t work for you – no matter who you are.
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Management Matter People
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
But no, I don’t generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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Generally Spelling Mistake Trouble
You can’t prove anything about a program written in C or FORTRAN. It’s really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.
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Program Prove Sugar
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

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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