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Computer Quotes by Marvin Minsky
- A computer is like a violin. You can imagine a novice trying ï¬rst a phonograph and then a violin. The latter, he says, sounds terrible.…
- Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets.
- Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence,…
- No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.
- Computer languages of the future will be more concerned with goals and less with procedures specified by the programmer.
- When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation;…
- Once the computers got control, we might never get it back. We would survive at their sufferance. If we're lucky, they might decide to keep…
More Computer Quotes
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to… — Dave Attell
- Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen.… — Geraldine Brooks
- I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use… — Bill Viola
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine