“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.” IfsSuccessTechnologyCarIndustryComputerDrivingComputer TechnologyDriving CarsCar Driving Book:Bill Gates Speaks: Insight from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur Source: Bill Gates Speaks: Insight from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur
“If self-driving cars are going to work - they're being tested now, as you know - the computers that drive them have to have lots of practice before they're allowed to get out in a real car on the roads.” IfsKnowsRealSelfPracticeCarComputerDrivingTestedGoing To WorkDriving Cars Author:Peter Sagal
“I think the definition will change as we learn more, but my working definition of solving the brain is: one, we can model, maybe in a computer, the processes that generate things like thoughts and feelings, and two, we can understand how to cure brain disorders, like Alzheimer's and epilepsy. Those are my two driving goals. One is more human-condition oriented, and one more clinical.” ThinkingHumansTwoFeelingsProcessGoalBrainConditionsComputerModelsDefinitionsDrivingCuresDisorderHuman ConditionThoughts And FeelingsAlzheimerAlzheimer'sClinicalsEpilepsy Author:Edward Boyden
“Computers get better, faster than anything else ever. A child's PlayStation today is more powerful than a military supercomputer from 1996. But our brains are wired for a linear world. As a result, exponential trends take us by surprise. I used to teach my students that there are some things, you know, computers just aren't good at like driving a car through traffic.” WorldTodayPowerfulBrainTeachMilitaryCarStudentsComputerSurpriseDrivingGet Better Author:Erik Brynjolfsson
“For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.” ForceBehindsTechnologyOfficeComputerResourcesToolsMachinesBlueWorkersDrivingPlanningExpertsEnterpriseFactoriesCommerceCollarsDriving ForceE CommerceBlue CollarAutomationComputer TechnologyBlue Collar Workers Author:Tom Peters
“If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.” IfsCompanyCarComputerDrivingGuaranteesIbm Author:James Surowiecki