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The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

Konrad Zuse
Becoming, Computer, Danger
Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12, September 2005.

The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.

Konrad Zuse
Sea, Ideas, Giving

I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years time. Today we know computers are not far from this goal.

Konrad Zuse
Years, Goal, Champion

It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false.

Konrad Zuse
News, States, Totalitarian State
Konrad Zuse (2013). “The Computer - My Life”, p.55, Springer Science & Business Media

The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!

Konrad Zuse
Night, Zurich, Interesting
"The First Computers: History and Architectures". Book by Ra L Rojas, p. 270, 2002.

Of course, we knew that the official reports were sketchy, if not falsified. But, in terms of information theory, this is precisely where the problem lay: How were we to reconstruct reality from incomplete or false reports? It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false. On the contrary, most news is completely correct, albeit tendentiously slanded; it is just that certain information is suppressed. One can adjust for the political slanting of the news, but there is virtually no way to fill in the omissions.

Konrad Zuse
Reality, Omission, Justice
"The Computer - My Life".

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