Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence

Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well.

—Masayoshi SonImage: Koki Nagahama / Getty ImagesA year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.—Alan Perlis Nobody phrases it this way, but I think that artificial intelligence is almost a humanities discipline. It’s really an attempt to understand human intelligence and human cognition.—Sebastian ThrunImage: Steve Jennings / Getty ImagesBefore we work on artificial intelligence, why don’t we do something about natural stupidity? —Steve PolyakI visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.

—Claude ShannonImage: Yale Joel / The Life Picture Collection / Getty ImagesSome people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.—Alan KayThe danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. —Erich FrommI believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them. —Donald Norman Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we’ll augment our intelligence.—Ginni Rometty Image: Chesnot / Getty Images

By far, the greatest danger of artificial intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.—Eliezer Yudkowsky