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" What we are creating now is a monster whose influence is going to change history, provided there is any history left,” he said, in Klári’s account, “yet it would be impossible not to see it through, not only for the military reasons, but it would also be unethical from the point of view of the scientists not to do what they know is feasible, no matter what terrible consequences it may have. And this is only the beginning!” The concerns von Neumann voiced that night were less about nuclear weapons, and more about the growing powers of machines. "

George Dyson , Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe


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George Dyson quote : What we are creating now is a monster whose influence is going to change history, provided there is any history left,” he said, in Klári’s account, “yet it would be impossible not to see it through, not only for the military reasons, but it would also be unethical from the point of view of the scientists not to do what they know is feasible, no matter what terrible consequences it may have. And this is only the beginning!” The concerns von Neumann voiced that night were less about nuclear weapons, and more about the growing powers of machines.