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 Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia. — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
Technology keeps progressing. Young people follow the curve. But as they get older, they get inertia, and they start deviating from that curve. — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were launched by Skype alumni… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
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… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine. — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas. — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down. — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
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… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
Once you acknowledge that human brains are basically made of atoms and acknowledge that atoms are governed by simple laws of physics, then there… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
Building advanced AI is like launching a rocket. The first challenge is to maximize acceleration, but once it starts picking up speed, you also… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
