Peter J. Denning - Quotes

Quotes

  • Computation is the principle; the computer is the tool.
  • All speech is free. It's just the consequences that get you.
  • A request is not in the words you speak. It is in the listening of those who hear you.
  • After many years of trying to make computers think like brains, AI researchers got brains that think they are computers.
  • Locality is a principle of nature. Caching works because our brains organize information by localities.
  • Innovation is not brilliant new ideas; it is new practice adopted by a community.
  • Solidarity, not software, generates collaboration.

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