Cognitive Quote by Francisco Varela

We imagine "pure" cybernetic systems, but we can prove only that we know how to build fairly dysfunctional ones. We kid ourselves when we…

— Jaron Lanier

Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem to be…

— Louis Menand

There's a long history of artificial intelligence programs that try to mimic what the brain is doing, but they've all fallen short.

— Paul Allen

Some of the fantasy objects arising from cybernetic totalism (like the noosphere, which is a supposed global brain formed by the sum of all…

— Jaron Lanier

“It’ll be decades—and maybe never—before the computer can replicate many of the things that the brain can do in terms of imagination, synthesis, and…

— Ray Dalio

Pattern recognition and association make up the core of our thought. These activities involve millions of operations carried out in parallel, outside the field…

— Daniel Crevier

We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to…

— Stephen Hawking

“We shall have to stop thinking of technology as something invulnerable that is merely used by humans, and view it as part of a…

— Mark Burgess

For me, the best thing about Cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me. Now I…

— Rudy Rucker

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks…

— Thomas Nagel

The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.

— Robert C. Solomon

I think that the artificial-intelligence people are making a lot of noise recently, claiming that artificial intelligence is making huge progress and we're going…

— Freeman Dyson