Warren Weaver

1894–1978 · American mathematician

Topics: science, artificial intelligence

• One naturally wonders if the problem of translation could conceivably be treated as a problem in cryptography. When I look at an article in Russian, I say: 'This is really written in English, but it has been coded in some strange symbols. I will now proceed to decode.'

  — Warren Weaver

• We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

  — Warren Weaver

• Science is not gadgetry.

  — Warren Weaver