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title: "3 AI Quotes By Jaan Tallinn"
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> [Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/giving-the-control-over-powerful-ai-to-the-highest-bidder-is-unlikely/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/jaan-tallinn-26715_ai_giving-the-control-over-powerful-ai-to-t_627120.jpg)

> [Building advanced AI is like launching a rocket. The first challenge is to maximize acceleration, but once it starts picking up speed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/building-advanced-ai-is-like-launching-a-rocket-the-first-challenge/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/jaan-tallinn-26715_ai_building-advanced-ai-is-like-launching-a_2013201.jpg)

> [The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/the-main-reason-i-backed-deepmind-was-strategic-i-see-my-role-as/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/jaan-tallinn-26715_ai_the-main-reason-i-backed-deepmind-was-st_2459462.jpg)

## Other authors on AI

## More by Jaan Tallinn

> [I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/i-used-to-have-the-very-standard-worldview-i-can-easily-identify-with/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Technology keeps progressing. Young people follow the curve. But as they get older, they get inertia, and they start deviating from that curve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/technology-keeps-progressing-young-people-follow-the-curve-but-as/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were launched by Skype alumni…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/i-myself-am-also-a-small-investor-in-slack-and-one-can-count-four-to/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Once we have something that is no longer under control, once technological development is yanked out of our hands, it doesn't have to continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/once-we-have-something-that-is-no-longer-under-control-once/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/incentive-schemes-whereby-people-who-have-done-the-most-good-for/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/giving-the-control-over-powerful-ai-to-the-highest-bidder-is-unlikely/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/it-really-sucks-to-be-the-number-two-intelligent-species-on-this/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/there-is-no-shortage-of-embarrassing-facts-about-healthcare-and/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/healthcare-is-the-only-civil-system-where-new-technology-makes-prices/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [We don't exactly have the opposite interests to chimpanzees. However, things are not looking up for the chimpanzees, because we control their environment. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/we-don-t-exactly-have-the-opposite-interests-to-chimpanzees-however/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Once you acknowledge that human brains are basically made of atoms and acknowledge that atoms are governed by simple laws of physics, then there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/once-you-acknowledge-that-human-brains-are-basically-made-of-atoms/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [Building advanced AI is like launching a rocket. The first challenge is to maximize acceleration, but once it starts picking up speed, you also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/building-advanced-ai-is-like-launching-a-rocket-the-first-challenge/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/i-was-born-behind-the-iron-curtain-and-i-remember-heated-discussions/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/the-main-reason-i-backed-deepmind-was-strategic-i-see-my-role-as/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

> [I sometimes joke that I can take personal responsibility for saving one million human relationships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaan-tallinn/i-sometimes-joke-that-i-can-take-personal-responsibility-for-saving/)

[Jaan Tallinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaan-tallinn/)

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