When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.

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.

Times will change. Peace changes even the worst of killers, " Ruth said."Into what?" Ezekiel asked.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6'' to 6'1'' in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1''. Everyone was freaking out.

If hell comes as a result of my speaking the truth, then let it come.

Whatever you know in your heart, live at the expense of anything else.

I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

Republican control of the Senate = expanded neocon wars in Syria and Iraq. Boots on the ground are coming!

I had much more money than you ever need in your life to live on. So I was giving computer labs to school districts. I was - but then I decided you should really give yourself.

It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.