In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.
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The difference between art and science is that science is what people understand well enough to explain to a computer. All else is art.
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The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.
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The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.
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People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones.
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