Word: aphids
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...that computers are gigantic monsters ready to turn on their creators. I, for one, am perfectly willing to believe that the computer will remain a docile slave. But whose slave is it going to be? As far as I can see, the only people who will not lead an aphid-like existence in the future will be a very small group of scientific experts whose exclusive knowledge and interpretation of the mysteries of the Unfathomable Machine will give them powers far greater than those held by any similar elite in history. I once asked a brilliant mathematician what sort...