Cloud computing, smartphones, social media platforms, and Internet of Things devices have already transformed how we communicate, work, shop, and socialize. These technologies gather unprecedented data streams leading to formidable challenges around privacy, profiling, manipulation, and personal safety. — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
Netbot was the first comparison shopping company. We realized comparison shopping can be quite tedious if you are driving from one furniture store to another. On the Internet, you can automatically look at a bunch of different stores and see… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
The mechanical loom and the calculator have shown us that technology is both disruptive and filled with opportunities. But it would be hard to… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to speculate about what motivates somebody like Stephen Hawking or Elon Musk to talk so extensively about AI. I'd have… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
AI works really well when you couple AI in a raisin bread model. AI is the raisins, but you wrap it in a good… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
When you think of driverless cars, there's a huge potential for these cars to save lives by preventing accidents and by reducing congestion on… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
An AI utopia is a place where people have income guaranteed because their machines are working for them. Instead, they focus on activities that… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
I could do a whole talk on the question of is AI dangerous.' My response is that AI is not going to exterminate us.… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
Ultimately, to me, the computer is just a big pencil. What can we sketch using this pencil that makes a positive difference to society… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
One of my favorite sayings is, 'Much have I learned from my teachers, but even more from my friends and even more from my… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
I became interested in AI in high school because I read 'Goedel, Escher, Bach,' a book by Douglas Hofstader. He showed how all their… — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
