Quotes About Technology

Blake set his phone to speaker, audio-only, and had Myla tie it into the microphone and sound system of the motel's television set. This way, he and Jenna could speak normally in the direction of the television and their voices would be picked up easily, and all three in the room could hear and see audio or video coming from whoever answered.

Douglas E. Richards

I don't know what weapons will be used to fight World War III. But World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." —Albert Einstein

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) by Nick Bostrom, a Professor at Oxford.

Computers were once bigger than houses. When this was the case, abuse was virtually nonexistent. A current example is the large hadron collider. We certainly don't have to worry about one of these being misused, simply because there is only one of these.

don't know what weapons will be used to fight World War III. But World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." —Albert Einstein

Fifteen years ago, Elon Musk calculated that the probability we're living our lives in base reality, rather than a simulation, was infinitesimally small.

Major Tom. Shouldn't you be calling ground control or something?

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I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by the over-arching laws of physics, we usually eventually find a technological way of doing it." ?—David Deutsch (Oxford physicist who laid the foundations for quantum computing)

Douglas E. Richards

Douglas E. Richards

Also, I'll want to scan your brain using the ultra-high-resolution MRI at our main facility. I need to confirm Kelvin's data as to the final positioning of your implants.

everyone is a narcissist. Our generation grew up thinking that everyone wants us to Tweet them our every thought. We can't wait to post pictures of a date on Facebook, before the date is even over. Or go on reality television and expose every facet of our lives. Or sext each other naked pictures which end up in cyberspace for all eternity. The privacy that our parents knew is long gone. "But at least we still

His book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, came out back in 2011. (glancing down at her notes) "The Net delivers precisely the kind of sensory and cognitive stimuli—repetitive, intensive, interactive, addictive—that have been shown to result in strong and rapid alterations in brain circuits and functions. The Net may well be the single most powerful mind-altering technology that has ever come into general use.

Douglas E. Richards

The United States and China are locked in a cold tech war, and the winner will end up dominating the twenty-first century.

Sure," she mumbled. "Shoving the bulk of your machinery into higher dimensions is a real space-saver. Everyone knows that.

The progress of your technology has been exponential. And the exponent itself has been growing.

Our adversaries had found a way to wipe the professor's backups in the cloud, as well.

I carry out orders given by the first being who activates me," responded the AI, its directed thoughts now coming at her more quickly, displaying the urgency she had called for. "Provided I deem the being worthy, well-intentioned. A being who ultimately wants to use the power of the cube for constructive, rather than destructive, purposes.

Do you know why you aren't charged to use social media platforms? Because you aren't the customer. You're the product." "Meaning what?" said Ashley. "Meaning these companies are selling you. Data on every aspect of your lives.

If we happen to pass within fifty yards of any of our other drones, so that they become operable again, let me know.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." —Arthur C. Clarke