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Quote by Bill Joy

“The standard definition of AI is that which we don't understand.”

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Bill Joy is a renowned computer scientist, born on November 8, 1954. He has had a significant impact in the field of computer science, particularly in operating systems and programming languages. Joy was one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems and a co-creator of the Java programming language. more

“My first program taught me a lot about the errors that I was going to be making in the future, and also about how to find errors. That's sort of the story of my life, making errors and trying to recover from them. I try to get things correct. I probably obsess about not making too many mistakes.”

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“Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.”

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Author:Randy Pausch

“You can drive a car by looking in the rear view mirror as long as nothing is ahead of you. Not enough software professionals are engaged in forward thinking.”

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Author:Bill Joy

“Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.”

Way Littles Sometimes Done Management Naive

Author:Bill Joy