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That's kind of the popular sentiment throughout history for all technological advancements. They said the same thing about cars, TVs, personal computers, neural
by ilaksh 4y ago
That's kind of the popular sentiment throughout history for all technological advancements. They said the same thing about cars, TVs, personal computers, neural networks etc. "this will probably never really be a thing".
Plato said "Writing is a step backward for truth".
Trithemius said "Printed books will never be the equivalent of handwritten codices."
Mark Twain thought that the telephone had no market and passed on investing.
Charlie Chapman said "The cinema is little more than a fad"
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
-- Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943
- vagrantJin 4y ago> "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943 He was not wrong! Its about context. Computers were giant complex calculators that needed several highly skilled people to operate. And expensive. Its like SpaceX saying the same thing about falcon heavy propulsion systems. Big, dangerous, requires highly skilled personnel to operate and hella expensive. Context!