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 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."

"The principles of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of maneuvering things atom by atom."

"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."

"Within the next thousand years, 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."

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

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

"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."

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

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

"Aging reversal is not just possible, it is inevitable. The question is when, not if."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"Agents are the next platform shift. They will transform how we interact with software."

"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."