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More discrete thoughts

Mark KacGian-Carlo RotaJacob T. Schwartz

pp. 263-264

Abstract

The computer is just an instrument for doing faster what we already know how to do slower. All pretension to computer intelligence and paradise-tomorrow promises should be toned down before the public turns away in disgust. And if that should happen, our civilization might not survive.

Publication details

Published in:

Kac Mark, Rota Gian-Carlo (1986) Discrete thoughts: Essays on mathematics, science, and philosophy. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 263-264


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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6667-4_26

Full citation:

Kac Mark, Rota Gian-Carlo, Schwartz Jacob T (1986) More discrete thoughts, In: Discrete thoughts, Dordrecht, Springer, 263–264.