What we have is a data glut.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.

Petronius says that ‘Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived.’ That is very true, otherwise there wouldn’t exist any religion!

I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.

Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst

I know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals.

Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily

My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.

Voldemort? That might be real.

We become whatever we are committed to.

Mitt Romney, maybe the most moral and decent man who's ever run for president, ended up being a murderer, somebody who didn't care about animals, and a tax cheat.

As an artist, you have a choice. That gave me the freedom to do what I want to.