W. Daniel Hillis Quotes

Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.

Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.

W. Daniel Hillis

People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself as a communications medium.

People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself as a communications medium.

W. Daniel Hillis

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About Author

William Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.
Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage.
More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds, and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists. He is a visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab.

In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers.

W. Daniel Hillis

In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers.

W. Daniel Hillis

Tags: technology, world, ahead