Butler Lampson
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Sep 30, 2026
Boris ChernyGUEST
And it can do, I think, much more than people expect.
David C. BrockHOST
I did an interview one time with Butler Lampson, another famous computer scientist who had so many contributions.
David C. BrockHOST
But I was asking him about what he thought about today's AI.
David C. BrockHOST
And he said that he thought there was a chance that computer science could become more like biology than anything else.
Randy ShoupGUEST
He joined just before Alan Kay.
Randy ShoupGUEST
Chuck Thacker, Butler Lampson.
Randy ShoupGUEST
These are names that I think the current generations don't know, but like those guys invented Valto, which I can tell you about, microcode.
Randy ShoupGUEST
Yeah, for sure.
Steve LipnerGUEST
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Steve LipnerGUEST
Butler Lampson, one of the pioneers into, in, in computer science really, refers to it as the gold standard, um, um, because of the AUs.
Steve LipnerGUEST
Um, and so that was, that was what h- the historic focus was.
Steve LipnerGUEST
And then in the '90s, there was a, you know, a, a big shift as people started to discover, you know, it's not about, not just about the security features, but about anything that you're relying on, um, to, to, to operate correctly or, or protect your information.