We have to make machines understand what they're doing, or they won't be able to come back and say, 'Why did you do that?'

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This is just the beginning, the beginning of understanding that cyberspace has no limits, no...

This is just the beginning, the beginning of understanding that cyberspace has no limits, no...

If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that...

If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that...

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to...

Even in the developing parts of the world, kids take to computers like fish to...

Two men were examining the output of the new computer in their department. After an...

Two men were examining the output of the new computer in their department. After an...

By the year 2000, most Americans will be online one way or another.

By the year 2000, most Americans will be online one way or another.

Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.

Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the...

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the...

If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of...

If we can dispel the delusion that learning about computers should be an activity of...

To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the...

To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the...

After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is...

After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is...

The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never...

The difference between e-mail and regular mail is that computers handle e-mail, and computers never...

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way...

I feel certain that the personal computer is as revolutionary in terms of the way...

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine...

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine...

The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced...

The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is...

Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is...

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer...

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer...

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch...

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch...

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating...

Computers can now keep a man's every transgression recorded in a permanent memory bank, duplicating...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...