David Lynch Quotes


Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change. Vernor Vinge Intelligence 133
When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project. Vernor Vinge Beings 98
The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility. Vernor Vinge Extinction 92
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers deception when it works is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all. Vernor Vinge Pain 86
How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view? Vernor Vinge Approach 85
We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light. Vernor Vinge Baggage 85
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded. Vernor Vinge Funded 83
But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence. Vernor Vinge Intelligence 80
Les enfants sont des cratures extraordinaires quand ils ne sont pas simplement chiants. Vernor Vinge Parents 80
Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection. Vernor Vinge Acts 73
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. Vernor Vinge Agreement 67
I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. Vernor Vinge Argue 66
But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will. Vernor Vinge Happen 66
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. Vernor Vinge Being 66
When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months. Vernor Vinge Science 62
The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. Vernor Vinge Domain 61
I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence. Vernor Vinge Intelligence 57
Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace. Vernor Vinge Another 55
The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. Vernor Vinge Science 50
He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind but most everybody else agreed it made you daft. Vernor Vinge Insanity 47
Technical people dont make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation things fall apart. Vernor Vinge Technology 45
IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is. Vernor Vinge Cases 44
The illusion of selfawareness. Happy automatons running on trivial programs. Ill bet you never guess. From the inside how can you Vernor Vinge Free will 40
Tycoon had a peddlers talent for using words to redefine reality. Vernor Vinge Reality 39
It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules. Vernor Vinge Discarded 38
One of his greatest talents was empathy no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability. Vernor Vinge Empathy 36
I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt. Vernor Vinge Sorrow 35
Ravna became a librarian. The ultimate dilettante Lynne had teased. Vernor Vinge Librarians 34
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally we take comfort from this that there is a universe to admire that cannot be twisted to villainy or good but which simply is. Vernor Vinge Nature 29
Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history. Vernor Vinge Mythology 29
I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology. Vernor Vinge Technology 28
You are enjoying the gift of genius. When ordinary people are confronted with multiple tragedies the pain scarcely increases. They simple cant feel the extra burdens. But you have a greater capacity for suffering. Vernor Vinge Tragedy 27
Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things. Vernor Vinge All 27
Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Vernor Vinge Intelligence 27

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