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By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But read more
By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in read more
We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no read more
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. -Paul Dirac.
When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the read more
When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished by elderly scientists and supports the idea with great fervour and emotion, the distinguished but elderly scientests are then, after all, right. -Isaac Asimov.
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?
Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?
