“Gradually, he began to understand that the AI community was actually his philosophical enemy. After all, their vision was to replace humans with machines, while he wanted to extend and empower people.”
― What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
― What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
“No matter how smart we get, there is always this deep irrational part that makes us potential hosts for self-replicating information.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
“Whatever power of the earth rampages, we turn to it dazed but anonymous eyes; whatever the name of the catastrophe, it is never the opposite of love.”
― Dream Work
― Dream Work
“Computers can only do one thing: math. Fortunately for them, a shockingly high percentage of life can be translated into math”
― The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
― The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
“Computers rely on the one and the zero to represent all things. This distinction between something and nothing—this pivotal separation between being and nonbeing—is quite fundamental and underlies many Creation myths.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
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