"Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change." — Vernor Vinge

"Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change."

— Vernor Vinge

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41 Quotes by Vernor Vinge

Vernor Vinge has 41 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

What we have is a data glut.
And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental…
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.
Politics is good; when it works properly, disagreements get solved without people beating each other up. But when a regime…
Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths.
Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least…
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.
We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to…
The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can…
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

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More Change Quotes

This quote is filed under Change Quotes, one of 18,261 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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