Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells.

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.

What you are is God’s gift to you. What you can become is your gift to Him.

I've always stood up for country music.

I do lots of reading and speaking at many universities about literature and also about politics, which is as much a part of my life as the literature.

What is good hair? It can be anything to anyone. Good hair is healthy hair, whatever you perceive that to be.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Im understanding that, in music, you can really be yourself and people accept you for who you are, that is a big thing to me.

Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you're heading for a crash. What I'm against is blind flying.

I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book.

I could ramble on forever, I just love photography. It's my passion, it drives my family crazy. I live it and breathe it.

I usually just have ideas when I have them.