IMHO famous software people have amazing quotes, right from the start, with:
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Babbage
"If I had a little less brains, I should & would be a good Catholic, & cling to that certainty which I do long for. However I don't wish to be without my brains, tho' they doubtless interfere with a blind faith which would be very comfortable." - Ada Lovelace
"I do not think that this argument is sufficiently substantial to require refutation.
Consolation would be more appropriate..." - Turing
>"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Babbage
To me, this belongs into the same category as Henry Ford's "If I’d asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a better horse":
Google search does exactly that, trying to offer the right answer, no matter the question.
One day, they will link the user tracking and the search engine, and when you hesitate for a moment, google will tell you the missing information that you are lacking. Thus, the right answer no matter the input. But of course, what they tell you to buy when you are making a purchasing decision will be up to the highest bidder.
As to Henry Ford, self driving cars are faster horses. Seems like people don't buy cars because they want to steer by themselves all the time, they just want to indicate the general direction.
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Babbage
"If I had a little less brains, I should & would be a good Catholic, & cling to that certainty which I do long for. However I don't wish to be without my brains, tho' they doubtless interfere with a blind faith which would be very comfortable." - Ada Lovelace
"I do not think that this argument is sufficiently substantial to require refutation. Consolation would be more appropriate..." - Turing