“There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.”
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Voices on computers
“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”
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“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”
“The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.”
“I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user.”
“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.”
“Computers make me totally blank out.”
“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
“Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better.”
“Two of the most famous products of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. I don’t think that this is a coincidence.”
“You know the real trouble with Unix? The real trouble is that it became so popular. It wasn’t meant to be popular.”
The Unix Haters Handbook - Forward
“The only thing I know of whose shortened form — www — takes three times longer to say than what it's short for.”
“The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.”
“If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.”
“No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'.”
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”
“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”
“Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.”
“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
“I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.”
“The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.”
“I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.”
“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”
“Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.”