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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

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Competition Nice Program
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
Today scientists, technologists, businessmen, engineers don’t have any personal responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
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Responsibility Technology Today
I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.
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Editors People Tired
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.
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Responsibility Taking Responsibility
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.
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Company Outside People Smart
The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.
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Disposable Next Steps Selling
Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.
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Done Littles Way
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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Common Sense Desire Knowledge
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
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
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can’t extend its domain.
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Domain Doom Fate
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards

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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