Terry Winograd quotes
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“The main activity of programming is not the origination of new independent programs, but in the integration, modification, and explanation of existing ones.”
-- Terry WinogradSource : "Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering". Book by Derek Partridge, "Beyond Programming Languages", 1991.
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“In the next 50 years, the increasing importance of designing spaces for human communication and interaction will lead to expansion in those aspects of computing that are focused on people, rather than machinery.”
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“Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by finding the "right" answers, but by asking meaningful questions.”
-- Terry WinogradSource : Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores (1986). “Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design”, p.13, Intellect Books
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“The techniques of artificial intelligence are to the mind what bureaucracy is to human social interaction.”
-- Terry WinogradSource : "Thinking Machines: Can there be? Are we?". Book by Terry Winograd, 1990.
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“There is a tendency to throw computers at third world problems, which I think is often a distraction. Putting computers in the schools is great, but it may be more important to put teachers in the schools.”
-- Terry WinogradSource : "An Interview with Terry Winograd: Convergence, Ambient Technology, and Success in Innovation". ubiquity.acm.org. October 2008.
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“A reason to have computers understand natural language is that it's an extremely effective way of communicating. What I came to realize is that the success of the communication depends on the real intelligence on the part of the listener, and that there are many other ways of communicating with a computer that can be more effective, given that it doesn't have the intelligence.”
-- Terry WinogradSource : "Designing Interactions". Book by Bill Moggridge, chapter 7, www.designinginteractions.com. 2007.
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Source : Abram Hoffer, CREATESPACE (2009). “Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone: Megavitamin Therapeutics for Families and Physicians”, p.108, ReadHowYouWant.com
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“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”
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Source : "Nuremberg: The War Crimes Trial". Book by Richard Norton-Taylor, Nicolas Kent, 1997.
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Source : Alex Grey (2008). “Art Psalms”, p.126, North Atlantic Books
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Source : Mireille Guiliano (2009). “Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility”, p.164, Simon and Schuster
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