Nobody complains that Bernini's sculptures are too darn real, right? Or that Norman Rockwell's paintings are too creepy. Well, robots can seem… — David Hanson Copy Share Image
People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots. — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
There's this idea that robots are not human, so they are cold,' he said. 'But it's not really the case. They can… — Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Copy Share Image
We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I had noticed that I had no difficulty conversing with robots, because absolutely nothing surprised them. They were incapable of surprise. A… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
I feel people think I'm almost like a robot - like an android... I just don't really get portrayed as someone who… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
Everything happened relatively quickly in our rise to the top. But we were like robots. We were told what to do and… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
When I look out in the future, I can't imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don't have robots everywhere. — Rodney Brooks Copy Share Image
What are people going to expect when they sit down to watch a new episode of Black Mirror? And what you're going… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
The real trouble with the doctor image in America is that it has been grayed by the image of the doctor-as-businessman, the… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
Now, the big box office successes are superhero stories. It seems there's a lowest common denominator mentality, in terms of movies that… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
In 2003, my mom actually gave me a call, which is funny because she works at the European Union in Brussels, Belgium,… — Anthony Levandowski Copy Share Image
With psychedelics, if you're fortunate and break through, you understand what is truly of value in life. Material, power, dominance, and territory… — Gary Fisher Copy Share Image
“I do not want to be human. I want to be myself. They think I’m a lion, that I will chase them.… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The universe that suckled us is a monster that does not care if we live or die--it does not care if it… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
In fact, the left can't survive with independently self-sufficient, self-reliant people. They aren't needed if that ever happens, or within groups of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Even seemingly innocuous housecleaning robots create maps of your home. That is information you want to make sure you control. — Oren Etzioni Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the truth is that if - when - robots prevail, so many vocations will actually become… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
Robots are very tricky to design and expensive, whereas humans are cheaply manufactured. Humans can handle things with greater manual dexterity than… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
To me, the goal of building useless and ridiculous robots is more - I mean, in some way, it's like a personal… — Simone Giertz Copy Share Image
'Bruce Lee' is the fastest film in my career. But the quality is also very high. The last song was shot continuously… — Ram Charan Copy Share Image
The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Instead of the cashier and ticket-ripper of the movie theater, the block chain consists of thousands of computers that can process digital… — Nick Szabo Copy Share Image
“There are three things that robots cannot do," wrote Maxon. Then beneath that on the page he wrote three dots, indented. Beside… — Lydia Netzer Copy Share Image
“At the Automatica robot and automation fair in Munich this week the organisers devoted a whole section to so-called “service robots”. Scientists… — Anonymous 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
Pretty soon we'll have robots in our society, you're going to have a lot of automated processes that used to be done… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
Journalism classes teach us that one must extract oneself from the story in order to report without bias, but often we need… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
At MIT, in Professor Rodney Brooks' lab, I was involved in a project, led by Anita Flynn, to build robots using techniques… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
The upheavals [of artificial intelligence] can escalate quickly and become scarier and even cataclysmic,” the New York Times tech columnist once wrote.… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Niagaras of beauty are flowing by untapped by ordinary consciousness. . . . Would that we could send robots who could film… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I'm insane, I'm emotional, but I'd rather be that than a robot. So that's definitely something that I wanted to get out… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
“Self-preservation was a basic directive, but there wasn’t a robot functioning that prioritized it at the top of the list. Like biologicals… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
The only interaction I had with my brothers is like negative attention where I'd basically egg them on into beating me up… — Adam F. Goldberg Copy Share Image
Most of the robots being developed for home use are functional in design - Gecko's homecare robot looks rather like the Star… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would… — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
As we get robots becoming more sophisticated, I think we should worry sooner rather than later on how much they could take… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When my daughter was 3, she was eating Cheerios and spilled some on the table. So she swiped them onto the floor.… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
Instead of working to give robots personhood status, we should concentrate on protecting our human workers. If that means developing a more… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image