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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

I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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Knows Surprise System
We can’t simply do our science and not worry about the ethical issues.
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Ethical Issues Worry
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
I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.
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Editors Interesting Thinking
We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.
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Teamwork Trying Want
I just don’t like to lose what’s in the window.
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Like Loses Window
The standard definition of AI is that which we don’t understand.
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Computing Definitions Standards
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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Intelligent Robots Small Steps
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
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 wish we hadn’t used all the keys on the keyboard.
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Keyboard Keys Wish
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
Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.
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Dots Lasers Media
I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.
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Community Editor Thinking
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

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