A robot-arm in a factory doesn't decide minute by minute whether to rivet or revolt - it just does the job is has literally been trained to do. It's if and when we build a conscious robot that we may… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
The complicated, ambiguous milieu of human contact is being replaced with simple, scalable equations. We maintain thousands more friends than any human being in history, but at the cost of complexity and depth. Every minute spent online is a minute… — 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 Image
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 Image
“We search for the ordinary when we are surrounded by the extraordinary.” — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
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 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 what's not… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Personally, I'm not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats. — 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 Mellon University… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
