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By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.
PKPaul Krugmanborn 1953“Why most economists’ predictions are wrong”, The Red Herring, June 1998
- Internet
- Technology
A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while: to perform the given task or, instead, to figure some way out of it.
Stanisław Lem1921–2006The Futurological Congress (1971)
- Technology
We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.
Ada Lovelace1815–1852Notes on the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage (1843)
The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.
Edward R. Murrow1908–1965On receiving the “Family of Man” Award (1964)
- Talking
Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann1903–1957“Various Techniques Used in Connection with Random Digits”, in Monte Carlo Method (1951), ed. A. S. Householder et al.
- Science
The Goliath of totalitarianism will be brought down by the David of the microchip.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Post-presidency (1989–2004)
What happens on social media doesn’t stay on social media. Online violence is real world violence.
Maria Ressaborn 1963Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (December 10, 2021)
- Internet
The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly.
J. K. Rowlingborn 1965Tweet (8 May 2015), as cited in “J.K. Rowling Burns Twitter Troll With ‘Penis Enlargers’ Joke”, The Hollywood Reporter (8 May 2015)
- Clever Jabs
- Internet
A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
Alan Turing1912–1954“Intelligent Machinery: A Report by A. M. Turing,” (Summer 1948), submitted to the National Physical Laboratory (1948) and published in Key Papers: Cybernetics, ed. C. R. Evans and A. D. J. Robertson (1968) and, in variant form, in Machine …
I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.
Alan Turing1912–1954Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950), p. 442.
- Thinking
Yes, there is a ton of information on the web, but much of it is egregiously inaccurate, unedited, unattributed and juvenile.
John Updike1932–2009Speech at the Book Expo America Saturday Book & Author Breakfast (26 May 2006)
- Internet
The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.
Ai Weiweiborn 1957Ai Weiwei. “The Olympics Are a Propaganda Show.” Spiegel, January 29, 2008.
- Internet
If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
Ai Weiweiborn 1957Osnos, Evan. “It’s Not Beautiful: An Artist Takes On the System.” New Yorker, May 24, 2010, 54–63.
- Internet
- Writing
We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
RWRobert Wilensky1951–2013
- Internet
- Writing