Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

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.

You only live twice:Once when you are bornAnd once when you look death in the face

Real love is booty grabbin

The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, as those you've won money from are not likely to commiserate with you. Winning takes getting used to.

the process of reading is reciprocal; the book is no more than a formula, to be furnished out with images out of the reader's mind.

Nature's first great title--mind.

I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.

Some people's photography is an art. Not mine. Art is a dirty word in photography. All this fine art crap is killing it already.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

The end of one thing is just the beginning of another.

The best advice I've ever got is to be yourself. Stay true to who you are and what you stand for and you'll go far in life.