"But they are useless.

[nixcraft@mastodon.social]

"But they are useless. They can only give you answers" -- Pablo Picasso in the 1960s regarding computers.

I think this quote is now more relevant than ever.

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft I'd forgotten that quote!

[rin3d@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft I think he would've changed his tune had he known of the new art forms that computers made possible.

[neighborhoodnerd21@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft theres an episode of this old show “Mama’s family” where thelma tells her old boyfriend he’s crazy for selling his business to invest in “com-puters”. Thomas Watson once said computers would never catch on. I was for sure AI would be a flop until Elon Musk had me watching out of the window for terminators, And now I bet we’re only a few years away from AI bot patrolled streets in the US

[woe2you@beige.party]

@Rin3d @nixCraft I think he was one of those people like David Lynch who everyone always assumed was being profound whether they were or not (usually not).

[grootinside@troet.cafe]

@nixCraft

Just wondering what he'd say about nowadays computers. They only give us questionable answers.

[threesigma@mastodon.online]

@nixCraft
He was over-generous then and stilll is now.