Robert B. Laughlin
American physicist
Alan Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940)
Alan Curtis Kayis an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interfacedesign. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
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About the Alan Kay
Alan Curtis Kayis an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interfacedesign. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface. There he also led the development of the influential object-oriented programming language Smalltalk, both personally designing most of the early versions of the language and coining the term “object-oriented.”
He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He received the Turing award in 2003.
6 Quotes by Alan Kay
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Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.
Alan KayAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)
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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
Alan KayAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)
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The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
Alan KayAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan KayAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)
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Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.
Alan KayAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)
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People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
Alan KayAmerican computer scientist (born 1940)