“When plugged in, the least elaborate computer can be relied on to work to the fullest extent of its capacity. The greatest mind cannot be relied on for the simplest thing; its variability is its superiority.” MindComputerCapacitySuperioritySimplestVariability Author:Jacques Barzun
“When it comes to their capacity to screw things up, computers are becoming more human every day.” HumansBecomingComputerCapacityScrewsBecoming More Author:Seth Lloyd
“What, then, is the basic difference between today's computer and an intelligent being? It is that the computer can be made to seebut not to perceive. What matters here is not that the computer is without consciousness but that thus far it is incapable of the spontaneous grasp of pattern--a capacity essential to perception and intelligence.” MadeMatterTodayDifferencesConsciousnessEssentialsComputerPerceptionCapacityIntelligentPatternsPerceiveWhat MattersIncapableSpontaneous Book:Visual Thinking Source: Visual Thinking
“I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.” IfsThinkingUseAsksCan DoWonderCreativityComputerCapacityRemarkableCapabilityFractionsPersonal Computers Author:Geoffrey S. Fletcher
“In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind.” CultureChallengesMankindComputerIntellectualCapacityToolsSurfaceRipplePrecedent Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“Chess computers do not sweat during time pressure and commit costly blunders. Furthermore, the strength of these programs (over and above their faultless recall processes) lies in their capacity to make relatively superficial tactical decisions with incredible speed. Positional values, long-range strategy, aesthetic judgment, and political astuteness remain staples of human performance, man vs. machine results in the foreseeable future to the contrary not withstanding.” MenHumansLongPoliticalLyingValuesProcessDecisionResultsJudgmentComputerCapacityProgramMachinesPerformancesPressureStrategyIncrediblesSpeedContraryChessCommitRangeSweatAestheticRecallsSuperficialBlundersStaplesTacticalWithstanding Author:Ira Carmen
“When you think of all the things that have happened, since that problem with computers in 2000 and everybody was afraid and they were buying water, imagine what Millennium would do with all the things that are going on in the world right now. It has the capacity to be a movie. But, anyway, I loved doing it. It changed my life because the guy that I was playing was so much more educated and smarter than I was, so I had to live up to it.” ThinkingWorldProblemGuyWaterImagineHappenedChangedRight NowComputerCapacityEducatedBuyingSmarterChanged My LifeMillennium Author:Lance Henriksen
“Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.” HumansBrainAchieveComputerCapacityTransformationHuman BrainPersonal ComputersSupercomputers Author:Ray Kurzweil