We tend to see individual differences instead of human universals. Thus, when someone says the word 'intelligence, ' we think of Einstein instead of humans.

Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.

You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.

Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck.

To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else.

When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing.

The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.

Intelligence is the source of technology. If we can use technology to improve intelligence, that closes the loop and potentially creates a positive feedback cycle.

He was a giant who had caught a butterfly and knew he'd only kill it if he kept it but was so reluctant to let it go for its beauty made him something he wouldn't be without it: happy.

Mr. ***** is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends -- whether he may be equally capable of retaining them, is less certain.

If Darwin had seen in life what Dostoevsky saw, he would not have talked of the law of the preservation of species, but of its destruction.

Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.

To admit ignorance is to exhibit wisdom.

Just as darkness is sometimes defined as the absence of light, so age is defined as the absence of youth.

It was ironic; he held her captive, yet she’d captivated him.

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.

The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis. When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even better.

An odd outlook on life is the beginning of good comedic writing.