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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?

Bill Joy

Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
You can’t solve a problem with the management of technology with more technology.
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Life Management Positive Technology
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
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
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
Operating systems are like underwear – nobody really wants to look at them.
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Looks Underwear Want
The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.
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Responsive System Want
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
Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.
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Lot Sophisticated Systems
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac and nobody cares about it.
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Care Running Today
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
The problem is that those few programmers who crank out code aren’t interested in maintaining it.
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Code Crank Maintaining Out Programmers
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Good Limbo Place Wells
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
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

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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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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