<![CDATA["But they are useless.]]>"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.

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He was over-generous then and stilll is now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ThreeSigma/statuses/116521786963633443https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ThreeSigma/statuses/116521786963633443Tue, 05 May 2026 11:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "But they are useless. on Tue, 05 May 2026 11:42:03 GMT]]>@nixCraft

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/grootinside/statuses/116521784022743926https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/grootinside/statuses/116521784022743926Tue, 05 May 2026 11:42:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "But they are useless. on Tue, 05 May 2026 11:13:50 GMT]]>@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).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116521673080396844https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/woe2you/statuses/116521673080396844Tue, 05 May 2026 11:13:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "But they are useless. on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:44:42 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116471027209736163/statuses/116521558525974978https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116471027209736163/statuses/116521558525974978Tue, 05 May 2026 10:44:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "But they are useless. on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:40:46 GMT]]>@nixCraft I think he would've changed his tune had he known of the new art forms that computers made possible.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Rin3d/statuses/116521543061279418https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Rin3d/statuses/116521543061279418Tue, 05 May 2026 10:40:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "But they are useless. on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:19:55 GMT]]>@nixCraft I'd forgotten that quote!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116521461034794215https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116521461034794215Tue, 05 May 2026 10:19:55 GMT