Sebastian Thrun Quotes

Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds.

Robots... I think that is a hot topic.

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

Virtual reality, all the A.I. work we do, all the robotics work we do - we're as close to realizing science fiction as it gets.

But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

It's going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.

I like to think about machines and technology in relation to landscape and architecture.

Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.

Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.

I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck.

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.

Some people think technology has the answers.

Building robot versions of people is very expensive.

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

The concept of the robot encapsulates both aspects of technology. On one hand it's cool, it's fun, it's healthy, it's sexy, it's stylish. On the other hand it's terrifying, it's alienating, it's addictive, and it's scary. That has been the subject of much science-fiction literature.

Technology is fascinating.

There are an endless number of things to discover about robotics. A lot of it is just too fantastic for people to believe.

... as the world rapidly becomes a civilization of machines, the masters of machines will increasingly be the ones in control of the world.

Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.

There’s not a single aspect of human life that doesn’t have the potential to be totally transformed by these technologies in the future.

Today, there are industries employing hundreds of thousands of engineers creating artificial intelligence.

I'd rather see artificial intelligence than no intelligence.

AI is creating tremendous economic value today.

I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.