VOICES

"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."

"The ever accelerating progress of technology gives the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue."

"There's plenty of room at the bottom. The principles of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of maneuvering things atom by atom."

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

"Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design of machines is one of these intellectual activities, an ultraintelligent machine could design even better machines; there would then unquestionably be an "intelligence explosion.""

"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them."

"Molecular assemblers will bring a new industrial revolution. They will let us make almost anything for the cost of potatoes."

"No more gods, no more faith, no more timid holding back. Let us blast out of our old forms, our ignorance, our weakness, and our mortality."

"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended."

"Over the next thousand years or so, the biological substrates of suffering will be eradicated completely."

"The Singularity will represent the culmination of the merger of our biological thinking and existence with our technology, resulting in a world that is still human but that transcends our biological roots."

"Future technologies, if we develop them responsibly, could give us thorough control of the structure of matter, enabling wealth beyond the dreams of avarice."

"Atomically precise manufacturing will bring a revolution in the material basis of civilization, a revolution as transformative as the Industrial Revolution."

"The potential for human enhancement is enormous. We are just scratching the surface of what is possible."

"The potential for realizing an astronomical amount of value is at stake. We have an enormous responsibility to get this right."

"Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make."

"Death is a problem that can be solved, like any other problem."

"AI is the most profound technology humanity is working on. More profound than fire or electricity."

"Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable."

"Progress is not inevitable. It requires people who believe it is possible and work to make it happen."

"I wanted to work on the world's most important problem. The mission of the Longevity Fund is that everyone in the world can live as long as they want."

"We are living in the most transformative time in human history. Technologies are converging and enabling each other."

"Many more people die from aging than in pandemics, and the benefits of reversing aging are too beneficial for governments to ignore."

"Technology is the lever that moves the world. Those who master it will shape the future."

"The most powerful force in the 21st century is the network. Build the network, build the future."

"AGI is going to be the most transformative technology in human history."

"Agents are not only going to change how everyone interacts with computers. They are also going to upend the software industry, bringing about the biggest revolution in computing since we went from typing commands to tapping on icons."

"It's possible that AI will lead to the end of humanity, but it's also possible that it will lead to an unimaginably wonderful future."

"These things are going to be more intelligent than us. How do we keep control?"

"AI is not just another technology. It is a new kind of entity in the world."

"AI is quite possibly the most important and best thing our civilization has ever created, certainly on par with electricity and microchips."

"AI is the defining technology of our time. The question is not whether AI will transform society, but how."

"Don't die is the most important goal a human can have. Everything else follows from being alive."

"We are on the cusp of the most transformative event in human history. By 2027, we may have built systems that can do AI research better than we can."

"One of my main reasons for focusing on risks is that they are the only thing standing between us and what I see as a fundamentally positive future. I think that most people are underestimating just how radical the upside of AI could be, just as I think most people are underestimating how bad the risks could be."

"Open source will ensure that more people around the world have access to the benefits and opportunities of AI, that power isn't concentrated in the hands of a small number of companies, and that the technology can be deployed more evenly and safely across society."