BILL JOY

Bill Joy (William Nelson Joy)

 Bill Joy (William Nelson Joy)

 an American computer engineer
 Born November 8, 1954
 He co-founded Sun Microsystems
and held the position of chief scientist
there until 2003.
 Author of “Why the Future Doesn’t
Need Us”
“Why the future doesn’t need us?

 In this essay, Bill Joy argued that computer technology has the potential to
destroy humanity.

 He expresses his significant concerns about the advancement of modern

technologies.
 “Given the incredible power of these new technologies, shouldn't
we be asking how we can best coexist with them? And if our own
extinction is a likely, or even possible, outcome of our technological
development, shouldn't we proceed with great caution?”
-Bill Joy
 “And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a
robot species - to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies
of itself.”
–Bill Joy
 “A bomb is blown up only once—but one bot can become many,
and quickly get out of control.”

- Bill Joy