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rohansood15 on May 20, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google AI Ultra

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.

sunaookami on May 20, 2025 [–]

This is an urban legend btw, Thomas Watson never said that.

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