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Mark Weiser on AI

2 quotes from Mark Weiser on the wall, 1991, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Scientific American.

  1. The most profound technologies are those that disappear

    Mark Weiser, head of the Computer Science Laboratory at Xerox PARC, opened his September 1991 Scientific American article "The Computer for the 21st Century" on ubiquitous computing with this sentence.

    Scientific AmericanThe Computer for the 21st Century

  2. As refreshing as taking a walk in the woods

    Mark Weiser, head of the Computer Science Laboratory at Xerox PARC, wrote this near the end of his September 1991 Scientific American article on ubiquitous computing, arguing it would help overcome information overload.

    Scientific AmericanThe Computer for the 21st Century

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