“The corollary of constant change is ignorance. This is not often talked about: we computer experts barely know what we're doing. We're good at fussing and figuring out. We function well in a sea of unknowns. Our experience has only prepared us to deal with confusion. A programmer who denies this is probably lying, or else is densely unaware of himself.” KnowsWellsLyingDealsSeaIgnoranceComputerFunctionConstantPreparedDenyConfusionExpertsProgrammersFussing Book:Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents Source: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
“The experts spent a great deal of time and study working out a formula which would be fair to every State and fair to every county and fair to every child, and would put the education dollar where that dollar is needed most, now.” ChildrenStatesWould BeDealsEducationStudyNeededFairsDollarsWork OutExpertsFormulasCounty Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The deep paradox uncovered by AI research: the only way to deal efficiently with very complex problems is to move away from pure logic.... Most of the time, reaching the right decision requires little reasoning.... Expert systems are, thus, not about reasoning: they are about knowing.... Reasoning takes time, so we try to do it as seldom as possible. Instead we store the results of our reasoning for later reference.” WayTryingLittlesProblemMovingDecisionResultsDealsKnowingPureResearchLogicComplexesStoresExpertsReasoningReachingParadoxArtificial IntelligenceTake TimeRight DecisionComplex Problems Author:Daniel Crevier
“Actors spend a great deal of their time making films. And that doesn't mean that they're not educated. But we haven't gone to law school and we're not experts on policy. We're just people with a platform and an opinion. But that should never be enough, in my opinion, to be political.” PeopleShouldMeanEnoughSchoolFilmLawPoliticalActorsDealsOpinionGoneHavensPolicyEducatedExpertsPlatformsLaw School Author:Angelina Jolie
“Many people will tell you that an expert is someone who knows a great deal about the subject. To this I would object that one can never know much about any subject. I would much prefer the following definition: an expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in the subject, and how to avoid them.” PeopleKnowsMadeDealsMistakeWorstSubjectsObjectsDefinitionsFollowingExperts Author:Werner Heisenberg