"Man is a fire-stealing animal, and we can't……" — Richard Dooling
"Man is a fire-stealing animal, and we can't help building machines and machine intelligences, even if, from time to time, we use them not only to outsmart ourselves but to bring us right up to the doorstep of Doom."
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Richard Dooling
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19 Quotes by Richard Dooling
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Under Medicare right now, I get paid to put a pacemaker in you, but I don't get paid to counsel…
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