"There were some of us that lusted after [AI] really at that time. All the [models] in the world tended to be in big centres and you had to get permission to get close to them, and you know, nobody had access to [AI]. And the idea that you could have your own [AI] and do whatever you wanted to with it, whenever you wanted to, was fantastic."

– Ed Roberts, inventor of the ALTAIR. ("computer" replaced by "AI")