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If you want a machine to be able to interact with people, it better not do things that are surprising to people. ”
If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are just as alive as we are. ”
As a writer, I'm convinced that encouraging children to write fiction, to hook into that marvelous machine called the imagination, has to be good for everyone. ”
The music industry used to be able to control a single dance on the very smallest level of when people are supposed to hear it, and when they're supposed to start liking it, and when they're supposed to start buying it. And that's trashed, you know, that big machine that takes control and works albums for a long period. ”
Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine. ”
Trade is not the cause for unemployment. In fact, the biggest drivers for unemployment are innovation and increased productivity. It has nothing to do with trade. ”
I think that technological tools that filmmakers use to tell stories, in a perfect world, need to become invisible. When it's brand new and it's never been seen before and you're birthing this stuff, it's very much on people's minds. ”
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be. ”
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine? ”
My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible. ”