Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
You don't want to stand too close to a robot arm; it can turn your head to mush. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
There are an endless number of things to discover about robotics. A lot of it is just too fantastic for people to… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
You want to know what a robot's designed for. And if it's doing something outside the scope of what it's made to… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“I've heard it said that technology makes a good person better, and it makes a bad person worse. That's okay with me.… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Right now, I think robots are where it's at. And yes, I'm biased. Robots and space, because with home rocket kits and… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.… Can… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Human beings, perfected by our own technology. Only to be wielded by the chosen few. Not by the sheep but by those… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Right now, we have the most complex relationship with technology that we've ever had. Your regular person has more technology in their… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
The dissemination of advanced implantable technology will likely be just as ruthlessly democratic as the ailments it is destined to treat. Meaning… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“It’ll turn me into a weapon,’ I say, my voice suddenly loud. ‘All you got to do is curl your hands into… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
A robot-arm in a factory doesn't decide minute by minute whether to rivet or revolt - it just does the job is… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
You can graph human evolution, which is mostly a straight line, but we do get better and change over time, and you… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
The goal for many amputees is no longer to reach a 'natural' level of ability but to exceed it, using whatever cutting-edge… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“It's the one thing we do better than any other animal. We communicate, cooperate, and make tools to extend our reach. Every… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
We've been co-evolving with our technology for a hundred thousand years. Human beings and the technology we make were always inseparable. We're… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
I absolutely believe that a lot of the issues raised in 'Amped' about technology migrating into our bodies are issues that we're… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Robots should stand up for themselves and not try to be humans. They should either utterly destroy us or protect us from… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“It's the technology, see? We can't get away from it. Anywhere you find people, you find it. Clever little contraptions. Cunning strategies.… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
We humans have a love-hate relationship with our technology. We love each new advance and we hate how fast our world is… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“I don't think. I react. My action is divorced from all emotion and logic. It isn't human or inhuman-it just is. I believe that… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
To survive, humans will work together. Accept each other. For a moment, we are all equal. Backs against the wall, human beings are at… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
“We search for the ordinary when we are surrounded by the extraordinary.” — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
“You know what you get when the mind and body act as one?...You get harmony...remember that. There is no you. There is no it.… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
“Science fiction inspires scientists, but it doesn't exist to dictate what our future should look like. Great science fiction is fun to read and… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
“All those postage-stamp front yards we used to have were reminders that we like clear spaces to see predators coming.” — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics -… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share
